Cyberattack targets French blood bank refrigeration systems, but no products are lost
A cyberattack targeted refrigeration equipment linked to three cold-storage sites used by the French Blood Establishment, according to officials in France. The incident affected systems used to store plasma, but the organisation said no blood products or samples were compromised. Operations for blood collection and distribution continued without interruption.The establishment said temperature and defrosting thresholds were raised to extremely high levels on Monday at the three sites. It said monitoring and alarm systems detected the anomalies quickly, allowing staff to respond before any damage was done. The affected products were bags of plasma intended for transfusions and plasma used to... [Continue Reading]
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