Hacker attack on donor blood storage facilities in France: temperature reached 110 degrees

Cybercriminals breached the security systems of refrigeration units designed to store donor blood in France. This incident is a continuation of a series of attacks during which supermarket refrigerators were previously affected.

Critical overheating of equipment

BFMTV reported the incident, citing the French Blood Centre. According to the outlet, in chambers where the standard operating mode requires maintaining a temperature of −30 °C, a sharp increase in readings to 110 °C was observed.

Rapid response by specialists

Specialists managed to promptly detect a malfunction in the equipment's operation. Necessary measures were taken to prevent damage to blood components and samples.