Blood banks among victims of European cyber attacks
The National · 4 Nov 2026

Blood banks among victims of European cyber attacks

A cyber attack which targeted European supermarkets also hit cold storage facilities used by France’s national blood service, it has emerged. Hackers accessed control units for fridges containing blood samples and programmed them to raise to temperatures of 110C, local media reported. Supermarkets that fell victim in the second wave of cyberattacks were rushing to upgrade their systems and protect themselves ​against further hacking attempts.


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