France’s national blood service, the Établissement Français du Sang (EFS), reported that hackers remotely accessed control systems for three contractor‑operated cold stores holding critical blood products and raised the temperature and defrosting thresholds to "very high levels" overnight on Monday, triggering alarms and emergency intervention before any products were compromised. The incident is framed as part of a wider campaign of cyber‑attacks against internet‑connected refrigeration systems across Europe, where supermarket fridges and freezers in nearly a dozen countries have recently been forced up to about 50C (122F), destroying food worth millions of euros. Authorities and experts suspect these coordinated intrusions into commercial control systems may represent government‑sponsored hybrid attacks linked to Russia’s broader sabotage activity in Europe, though attribution and motive remain unconfirmed.

France’s national blood service, the Établissement Français du Sang (EFS), reported that hackers remotely accessed control systems for three contractor‑operated cold stores holding critical blood products and raised the temperature and defrosting thresholds to "very high levels" overnight on Monday, triggering alarms and emergency intervention before any products were compromised. The incident is framed as part of a wider campaign of cyber‑attacks against internet‑connected refrigeration systems across Europe, where supermarket fridges and freezers in nearly a dozen countries have recently been forced up to about 50C (122F), destroying food worth millions of euros. Authorities and experts suspect these coordinated intrusions into commercial control systems may represent government‑sponsored hybrid attacks linked to Russia’s broader sabotage activity in Europe, though attribution and motive remain unconfirmed.