Claims extracted
18
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
17%
3 of 18 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
withheld
no quote in the article backed the model's score
Publisher signals
60/100
Al Jazeera's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
26
Politics
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
France says it has summoned Iran’s ambassador to Paris “to lodge a very strong protest” after it accused Tehran of carrying out a major cyberattack targeting supermarket fridges last month.
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it → say → fridges
“It marks the first large-scale cyberattack aimed at sabotage on our national territory, and it constitutes a major attack on the nation’s interests and the security of the French people,” Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said on Tuesday.
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Barrot → mark → Tuesday
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“I can also tell you that we rule nothing out and will take all measures – including those we may not disclose publicly – that we deem proportionate and necessary to deter any further attacks,” he added.
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he → replicate → attacks
Barrot, speaking on France Info television, said the government would push for European Union sanctions in response to what he called an “attack of unprecedented scale and aggression in our country”.
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he → speak → country
He said firm measures would be taken “to deter anyone who might be tempted, in Iran or elsewhere, to do it again”.
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who → say → it
On Monday, Barrot said Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was behind cyberattacks targeting more than 700 French supermarkets on October 11 and 12, when refrigerators were remotely accessed “to initiate abnormal, indefinite defrost cycles”.
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refrigerators → say → cycles
Raised temperatures in fridges forced the supermarkets to throw away all perishable food.
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temperatures → raise → food
Millions of euros’ worth of food was spoiled, according to retailers.
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Millions → spoil → retailers
In some cases, the raised temperatures sparked fires or melted equipment.
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temperatures → raise → equipment
French supermarket groups E-Leclerc, Intermarche, Carrefour, Monoprix and Cooperative U were all hit.
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groups → hit → ?
Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau said on Monday she had opened an investigation into Shahid Kaveh, a cyber unit of the IRGC, over the attacks.
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she → say → attacks
The prosecutor’s office has requested international arrest warrants be issued for two Shahid Kaveh officials.
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warrants → request → officials
Similar incidents have since been reported in other European countries.
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incidents → report → countries
In a suspected cyberattack on November 2, temperature spikes were recorded in stores in Belgium, Estonia, Ireland, Luxembourg and Sweden.
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spikes → suspect → Belgium
Jody Westby, chief executive of Global Cyber Risk LLC, said tracking down the group directly responsible for the attacks is “very difficult” because of poor cooperation on international cybercrime investigations.
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tracking → say → investigations
“It’s been a problem for 20 some years, and now it’s a little better, but only marginally so,” Westby told Al Jazeera.
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Westby → ’ → Jazeera
She said that it was difficult to track and trace the origin of such attacks “because of the nature of packet switching”.
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it → say → switching
In recent days, European air traffic has also been disrupted by false bomb alerts against dozens of flights, although the origin of those threats has yet to be determined.
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origin → disrupt → threats
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