Cyberattack hits French blood bank site, no blood products compromised

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A cyberattack targeting French blood bank systems attempted to raise storage temperatures but was stopped before blood products or samples were damaged. The incident follows remote attacks that warmed supermarket refrigerators and freezers in several European countries, spoiling food worth millions of euros.

A cyberattack on several blood banks tried to raise temperatures to extremely high levels but was thwarted before it could do any damage to blood products or samples, French authorities said. 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, resulting in tons of spoiled food at a total cost of millions of euros.