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French blood banks hit in latest European cyber-attack
Original: French blood banks hacked in latest cyber-attack on Europe By Jon Henley in Paris Temperature and defrosting thresholds
Hackers targeted French blood bank facilities, raising temperature and defrosting thresholds to very high levels at three cold stores stocking vital blood products. The attack, reported from Paris, is described as the latest in a wave of cyber-attacks hitting European infrastructure, raising concerns about the vulnerability of critical health systems to attacks that could endanger medical supplies.
Why now: Attacks on critical health infrastructure are escalating across Europe, and tampering with blood storage is seen as especially alarming.
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- French blood banks hacked in latest cyber-attack on Europe By Jon Henley in Paris Temperature and defrosting thresholds raised to ‘very high levels’ at three cold stores stocking vital blood products https://www. theguardian.com/technology/202… · guardianfeeds@rssfeed.media · 1
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