Authored by Struan Stevenson via Townhall,
France has finally done what European governments have been reluctant to do for far too long. On November 10, Paris formally accused the Iranian regime of conducting cyberwarfare against French citizens, attributing attacks on more than 700 supermarket sites to an offensive cyber unit affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The consequences were extraordinary. Hackers manipulated refrigeration systems, destroying food worth tens of millions of euros and causing fires. This was not ordinary cybercrime. It was state-sponsored industrial sabotage on French soil.
But the latest revelations are even more alarming. The United States Department of Justice has now unveiled an indictment alleging that Iran-backed operatives orchestrated a terrorist plot against RAF Fairford, the British airbase housing American military personnel and aircraft. According to the indictment, operatives based in Iran coordinated with associates in Britain, arranging vehicles, fuel, and materials in preparation for an attack in September. Three men have been charged in the United States in connection with an alleged wider campaign involving nearly 20 attacks and attempted attacks across Europe and America. These are serious allegations, which must ultimately be tested in court. But they follow British intelligence warnings that Iran is increasingly targeting military installations rather than restricting its operations to dissidents and op
