Cooling systems hacked at three French Blood Establishment facilities
SpilloverSpillover from the another organisation incident · View original incident →A cyber-attack altered temperature control settings for cooling systems at three French Blood Establishment facilities. The temperature setting for plasma storage equipment was changed from −30°C to +110°C, prompting intervention by technical staff. Authorities said no blood products were damaged and launched an investigation into the attack.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- French Blood Establishment
- Original incident
- Hacking of supermarket refrigeration systems in Europe causes food losses and fires
- Incident type
- Hacking & intrusion
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Temperature control settings altered at three facilities; no blood products damaged
- Cause / method
- A cyber-attack on cooling systems altered temperature control settings
- Location
- France
Timeline
- It emerged that temperature control settings at three blood storage facilities had been altered, technical staff had intervened, and no blood products had been damaged.
- It emerged that French authorities were investigating a cyber-attack targeting blood storage facilities.
Original incident
This is spillover from the another organisation incident.
Hacking of supermarket refrigeration systems in Europe causes food losses and fires
Impact: Damage to refrigeration and freezing systems in nine European countries, with food losses and some fires at hundreds of supermarkets in France
In October 2026, cyber-attacks targeting refrigeration and freezing systems at hundreds of supermarkets in France raised temperatures, causing food losses and fires. Similar incidents subsequently occurred in several other European countries, bringing the number of affected countries to nine. In November, French authorities identified Shahid Kaveh, a cyber unit of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, as responsible for the attacks.
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