In brief
French blood‑bank officials say a cyberattack remotely manipulated cooling units, temporarily raising temperatures. The National Blood Center (EFS) detected the change quickly and reports no harm to blood products. Meanwhile, France’s Credit Mutuel Arkea noted fraud linked to the breach, assuring customers that their funds are safe.
A cyberattack targeted the cooling system of France’s national blood bank, temporarily raising temperatures, but officials say the blood products were safe.
According to Xinhua, the refrigeration systems were manipulated remotely, causing operating temperatures to rise to very high levels.
Xinhua added that the temperature change was detected quickly, and measures were taken to ensure that none of the samples or blood products had been affected.
Blood products and bio samples are kept in cooling units before being delivered to healthcare facilities, so the bank acted fast to protect them.
French banking group Credit Mutuel Arkea reported a separate cyberattack that generated fraudulent transactions, but it said customers’ funds remain secure.
Credit Mutuel Arkea’s statement said the group temporarily suspended certain transactions as a precaution once the breach was detected, and the incident has since stopped.
The attacks come after similar incidents that recently targeted fridges and freezers in supermarkets across some European countries.
