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Hackers tamper with fridges storing France's blood plasma; alarms prevent losses

Attackers raised temperature settings at three cold-storage sites of France's national blood service overnight on 1 to 2 November 2026, through a refrigeration contractor. The service says no blood products were lost.

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A bag of yellow blood plasma during donation
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In this story
  1. How it was caught
  2. Part of a wider pattern
  3. Why it matters
  4. How this story was sourced

Hackers changed the temperature settings of refrigeration units at three plasma storage sites run by France's national blood service, the Établissement français du sang (EFS), overnight from Sunday 1 to Monday 2 November 2026. The service said monitoring alarms caught the changes before any blood products were damaged.

How this story was sourced.

3 sources from 3 organisations.

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  1. NBC News Associated Press Cyberattack on French blood bank fridges was thwarted before products and samples were damaged nbcnews.com
  2. Newsweek Cyberattacks Target French Blood Banks After Supermarkets Hit newsweek.com
  3. Anadolu Agency French blood storage facilities targeted in cyberattack: Report aa.com.tr
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