Hackers tried to literally boil blood in France

[BHAN85]

There is already a thread about supermarkets fridges hacking in Europe, but this new approach is so shocking that I think it deserves another thread.

Besides, it fits more clearly like a "war" action than supermarkets.

Hackers tried to literally boil blood in France

A cyberattack attempted to raise the temperature of refrigeration systems at blood storage facilities in France.

www.businessinsider.com

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Cyberattack hits French blood banks but no samples compromised

The incident comes after supermarkets in a number of European countries reported this week that their fridges and freezers warmed up after they were remotely taken over. #EuropeNews

www.euronews.com

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/11/04/hackers-hit-french-blood-bank/

 

[AZ_HighCountry]

Lack of cybersecurity.

 

[PK781]

WHY the F would they put stuff like this to be online and so vulnerable?
It needs to be better protected and with strict safeguards........maybe keep it offgrid/off the internet

 

[SolarWarden]

Like us normies Nosferatu community also like their food warm. Equal rights!

 

[AZ_HighCountry]

WHY the F would they put stuff like this to be online and so vulnerable?
It needs to be better protected and with strict safeguards........maybe keep it offgrid/off the internet

A number of reasons why central management was put in place. My counterpart and I did the same thing with our facilities in the US.

But, we also had those devices on their own subnets behind firewalls and heavily password protected including at the device level.

Same as with our security systems.

In this case, I wouldn't be surprised in the least if the password was admin123.

Even here at home, our passwords are gawdawful long. My wife hates me for that. So do the little hackers around the neighborhood.

 

[Cygnus]

Why should a refrigerator be connected to the internet?