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Cyberattack on Fridges Put More Than Food at Risk
Newser • • world
Key Points:
- Hackers targeted refrigeration systems in Europe, impacting a supplier of refrigeration equipment at three French Blood Establishment (EFS) sites, risking the storage of blood products.
- Attackers attempted to alter storage temperatures from the standard -22 Fahrenheit to as high as 230 degrees, which could have compromised blood samples.
- EFS monitoring systems detected the temperature changes quickly, allowing staff to intervene and prevent any damage to blood products.
- The French Blood Establishment confirmed that no blood products or samples were compromised during the cyberattack.
- The EFS was not the direct target of the hackers, but the incident highlights vulnerabilities in critical healthcare infrastructure linked to refrigeration systems.
