Attacks on connected refrigerators hit blood banks in France and supermarkets across Europe

TechnologyInternationalWIREDNov 7, 2026, 8:00 AMAI summary

Three sites of the Établissement Français du Sang (EFS) that handle blood and plasma bags were briefly affected by attacks on internet-connected refrigerators: on November 2, cold rooms were "raised to very high temperatures," though the samples were not altered or damaged thanks to alarms and fail-safe measures. The incidents coincide with a wave of cyberattacks on supermarket chains in at least 11 European countries, with food discarded, and with earlier cases at US military bases.

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EFS confirmed that blood cold rooms were raised to very high temperatures on November 2; the samples were not altered or damaged.
Similar attacks hit supermarkets in at least 11 European countries, with large volumes of food discarded.
The attacks are attributed to exploitation of Danfoss temperature controllers running outdated firmware and exposed to the internet.

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