The global cyber war

9 November 2026

3 events (1 confirmed) and 3 statements.

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9 November 2026 in brief

Vanderbilt University made public a cyberattack that it warned may affect campus devices and systems and asked people to disconnect from campus WiFi, The Record reported, and the ransomware group BYOD listed the university and claimed to have stolen data. [1] The Paris prosecutor's office said it requested international arrest warrants against the leader of Shahid Kaveh, which it described as an offensive cyber unit affiliated with the Revolutionary Guards, and his two deputies over the attacks of 11 and 12 October, and Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said the IRGC carried out the attack on French supermarket refrigeration. [1] CERT-FR said in a report that it imputes offensive cyber activity targeting France to the units Shahid Shoostari and Shahid Kaveh within the IRGC's electronic and cyber centre. The Philippines' Securities and Exchange Commission said it was investigating a data security incident in which individual profile information may have been exposed; nobody has named an actor. [1]

Every sentence and figure comes from the records linked after it.

What was hit

  • Government 1
  • Other 1
  • Official responses 1

2 incidents in 2 countries · 2 not attributed

Statement

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said he could confirm the October attack on French supermarket refrigeration was carried out by Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps, called it the first large-scale cyberattack for sabotage purposes on French soil, and said the Iranian ambassador had been summoned and sanctions would be pursued at European level.

Government of France
9 Nov · to a mixed audience
Reported by Al Jazeera

Open

Statements (3)

Said

Government of France: French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said he could confirm the October attack on French supermarket refrigeration was carried out by Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps, called it the first large-scale cyberattack for sabotage purposes on French soil, and said the Iranian ambassador had been summoned and sanctions would be pursued at European level.

Mixed audience · fr

Said

Government of France: CERT-FR said in its report CERTFR-2026-CTI-009 that it imputes offensive cyber activity targeting France to the units Shahid Shoostari and Shahid Kaveh within the IRGC's electronic and cyber centre.

Mixed audience · fr

Said

BYOD: The ransomware group BYOD listed Vanderbilt University and claimed to have stolen data from it, The Record reported.

Mixed audience · en