A row of blood transfusion bags.
The French blood service said the attacks had occurred overnight on Monday. Photograph: Burger/Phanie/Rex/Shutterstock
The French blood service said the attacks had occurred overnight on Monday. Photograph: Burger/Phanie/Rex/Shutterstock
French blood banks hacked in latest cyber-attack on Europe

Temperature and defrosting thresholds raised to ‘very high levels’ at three cold stores stocking vital blood products

France’s national blood service has said hackers accessed control systems and boosted temperatures at three cold stores stocking vital blood products, in an apparent escalation of recent cyber-attacks on fridges and freezers across Europe.