Cyberattack hits French blood bank site but no blood products were compromised
EFS said alarms and staff stopped any blood loss as investigators examine whether the intrusion is linked to a wider wave of refrigeration hacks.
- On Monday, the French Blood Establishment reported a cyberattack where hackers remotely reprogrammed refrigeration units to reach 110°C; an on-duty technician detected the temperature spike overnight and averted damage.
- France's national cybersecurity agency, CERT-FR, issued a security alert on October 12, 2026, reporting compromises involving Danfoss AK-SM and AK-SC controllers and warning against exposing management interfaces to the internet.
- Hackers breached systems maintained by Coolworld, a contractor servicing EFS storage containers normally kept at −30°C, with the attack also affecting Copeland and Dixell XWEB refrigeration management equipment.
- France's Health Ministry confirmed the breach caused zero operational disruption to blood transfusions, yet the incident has raised broader concerns about security of systems connected to critical healthcare infrastructure.
- Affected facilities in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region have drawn attention to earlier CERT-FR warnings about exposing refrigeration management interfaces, prompting renewed focus on securing critical healthcare infrastructure.
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Three French blood banks suffered a cyber attack last Monday, which dramatically raised the temperature of the refrigerators that keep the samples of donations, although it did not have any health impact because the warning systems worked, announced on Wednesday the Ministry of Health. This new cyber attack occurs after those suffered by various supermarkets throughout Europe, including France, the last on Tuesday, which affected a dozen countri…
In France, the refrigerators of blood banks suffered cyberattacks - that with stocks The cyberattack hit EFS refrigeration systems at three facilities, but the blood <p>supplies remained safe. The incident is linked to attacks to EU supermarkets</p>.
The hackers hacked into the French Blood Service refrigerators and set a temperature of 110 °C. Business Insider reports.
After the supermarket cooling systems, hackers manipulated the cooling systems of three French blood service facilities. Alarms allowed timely intervention and prevented the products stored from being compromised. The series of cyberattacks against refrigeration systems in Europe reached a particularly sensitive sector. After the incidents [...]
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