Surge of Cyberattacks Threatens French Blood Banks, Endangering Vital Supplies

11/04/2026

A few days ago, hackers attacked European supermarket freezers for the second time in weeks, but it’s not just frozen food that has been the target of these malicious operations. Now, threat...

11/04/2026

The cyberattacks in parts of Europe are getting scarier. After multiple attacks on supermarket cold-storage facilities, hackers have now targeted blood-storage facilities in France. According to...

11/04/2026

Temperature and defrosting thresholds raised to ‘very high levels’ at three cold stores stocking vital blood productsFrance’s national blood service has said hackers accessed control systems and...

11/04/2026

The incident follows attacks that forced stores in eight European countries to throw away vast quantities of food after hackers tampered with their fridges on Monday, mirroring hacks that swept...

11/04/2026

Hackers reportedly reprogram cold storage units containing blood samples to reach 110 degrees Celsius, but authorities say incident causes no operational disruption

11/04/2026

French authorities have reported a cyberattack on several blood banks that attempted to raise temperatures to dangerous levels

11/04/2026

The French Blood Establishment (EFS) said cold rooms storing blood were impacted by hackers.

11/04/2026

The attack on cold rooms at Coolworld happened the same night as attacks on fridges in Benelux and Sweden

11/04/2026

They reprogrammed cold storage units, typically kept at a freezing −30°C to safely preserve blood products, by pushing temperature settings up to 110°C (230°F)

11/03/2026

Fridge and freezer units in supermarkets in at least seven European countries hit by cyber-incidents, after French attacks

11/03/2026

Supermarkets in Belgium, Estonia, Finland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal and Sweden reported refrigeration problems

11/03/2026

A hacking attack on Monday hit fridges and freezers from Sweden to Belgium, forcing stores to throw away food in an incident that echoed a similar attack in France last month.

11/03/2026

A cyberattack on internet-connected refrigeration systems ruined food at grocery stores in at least seven European countries on Monday, with one Belgian Delhaize store estimating its losses at...

11/03/2026

Supermarkets across Sweden, Belgium and Luxembourg report overnight temperature spikes in refrigeration systems, raising fears of a wider cyberattack following similar incidents in France and the...

11/03/2026

Mysterious cyberattacks on European supermarket fridges have officials scrambling to understand what happened

11/03/2026

Supermarkets in countries including Ireland, Sweden and Belgium reported fridges being hiked in temperature on Monday.

11/03/2026

A wave of disruptions at grocery stores, which some officials blame on cyberattacks, highlights the vulnerability of supply chains. Shops across Europe were affected again on Monday.

11/03/2026

Refrigerators at three meat processors in the UK were hit by cyber attacks amid warnings from the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre to protect internet-facing industrial devices

11/03/2026

More than 40 stores have been affected across seven countries as experts warn thousands more internet-exposed systems remain vulnerable

11/03/2026

Attackers remotely changed the settings on refrigeration controls at supermarkets in Belgium, Sweden, Estonia and other European countries overnight into Monday, November 2, warming fridges and...

11/03/2026

2 waves of attacks on internet-connected refrigeration systems in less than a month have spoiled food in hundreds of European stores

11/03/2026

Hackers switched refrigeration systems from cooling to heating overnight in several stores