French blood banks hit alongside cyberattack on European supermarkets

Daily Mirror reports that three regional blood banks in France were targeted during the night spanning Sunday and Monday, while hackers also hit supermarkets in several European countries. Newswire reports that the affected sites were operated by the French Blood Establishment, which holds plasma for transfusions and medicine manufacturing.

Newswire reports that hackers reached refrigeration controls via an equipment supplier and tried to raise the temperature setting from roughly minus 30°C to 110°C. According to Newswire, monitoring and alarm systems flagged the unusual adjustment, enabling staff to safeguard or move the blood products before they were harmed.

Newswire reports that France’s Health Ministry confirmed the episode was being managed, that no blood products were lost, and that blood collection and distribution were not interrupted. Daily Mirror reports that the bank attack coincided with supermarket cyberattacks extending from Sweden to Belgium.

Newswire reports that French cybersecurity authorities have begun investigating the blood-bank incident. Newswire says it is not yet clear who carried out the attacks or whether the supermarket and blood-bank incidents were linked.

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