Hackers tried to literally boil blood in France
Source: Business Insider ·
A cyberattack attempted to raise the temperature of refrigeration systems at blood storage facilities in France.
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Some of the refrigeration systems stored frozen plasma.Oleksii Samsonov/Global Images Ukraine via Getty ImagesA cyberattack targeted refrigerators storing blood plasma in France.The blood service's alarm system recognized the rising temperatures, and no equipment was destroyed.Over the weekend, a cyberattack hit refrigeration systems at dozens of grocery stores across Europe.Hackers have come for blood.France's national civilian blood service, the EFS, said its refrigerators were hit by a cyberattack on Monday that raised temperatures to "very high levels." The attack hit three sites, affecting equipment storing blood samples and plasma used in transfusions, the EFS said in a press release. Hospitals often use frozen plasma for patients who are hemorrhaging or otherwise losing a lot of blood. Hackers targeted a refrigeration equipment supplier, not the EFS itself, the release said. The EFS' monitoring and alarm systems identified the rising temperatures, and people responded to the…
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