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Cyberattack hits French blood bank site but no blood products are compromised
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The incident comes after supermarkets in a number of European countries reported this week that their fridges and freezers warmed up after they were remotely taken over.
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PARIS (AP) — A cyberattack on several blood banks sought to raise temperatures to extremely high levels but was thwarted before it could do any damage to blood products or samples, French authorities said.
Temperature and defrosting thresholds raised to ‘very high levels’ at three cold stores stocking vital blood products Europe live – latest updates France’s national blood service has said hackers accessed control systems and boosted temperatures at three cold stores stocking vital blood products, in…
A cyberattack in France targeted three cold stores containing donated blood samples and plasma, authorities said on Wednesday. The incident – which was unsuccessful due to the facilities' alarm systems – is the latest in a series of suspected attacks that have targeted refrigerators in European supe…
France's national blood service has confirmed that a cyberattack targeting a refrigeration equipment provider raised temperature and defrost settings at three of its facilities, threatening stored blood products. [...]
The cyberattack on several French blood banks comes after supermarkets across Europe reported their fridges and freezers were remotely taken over by hackers.
The incident comes after supermarkets in a number of European countries reported this week that their fridges and freezers warmed up after they were remotely taken over.
The refrigerators at three French blood banks were hit in the same kind of cyberattack that struck across European supermarkets on Sunday, officials said.
Hackers targeted cold storage systems at three French blood banks, but staff quickly moved supplies to uncompromised refrigerators before damage could be done.
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