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Cyber-Attack on French Blood Banks Raises Plasma Store Temperatures

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The French blood banks cyber-attack revealed this week has pushed Europe’s recent wave of hacks on cooling systems into the health sector. France’s national blood service, the EFS, said hackers pushed temperature and defrosting settings at three plasma storage rooms to “very high levels”. Alarms went off in time, and the service lost no blood… Continue reading Cyber-Attack on French Blood Banks Raises Plasma Store Temperatures

Supermarket Freezer Cyber-Attack Hits Stores in Nine European Countries

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A supermarket freezer cyber-attack has hit food retailers in at least nine European countries. Stores have had to throw away large amounts of chilled and frozen food. Hackers pushed temperatures in some units as high as 50C. As of Tuesday, November 3, no one has claimed responsibility. The European Union, however, says the attackers deliberately… Continue reading Supermarket Freezer Cyber-Attack Hits Stores in Nine European Countries