French blood banks hacked in latest cyber-attack on Europe – BreakingNews.ie

French blood banks hacked in latest cyber-attack on Europe  BreakingNews.ie

France’s national blood service said hackers accessed control systems at three cold stores where vital blood products were stocked. The service said temperatures at those stores were boosted after the systems were accessed. The reported intrusion therefore involved refrigerated storage used for blood products, with three cold stores identified in the account. The national service described the products as vital blood products and said the systems accessed were the controls for the cold stores. The reported temperature increases were at those three stores. The French incident was described as an apparent escalation of recent cyber-attacks involving fridges and freezers across Europe.

In France, hackers were reported to have gained access to cold-store control systems and boosted temperatures at the three locations stocking vital blood products. The account links the reported temperature increase to access to those control systems. It places the incident alongside recent attacks on refrigerated equipment across Europe, while identifying the French facilities as cold stores holding blood products. The three stores were part of the reported incident in Europe.