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Hackers Break Into Blood Plasma Cold Storage Units, Cranking Up Temperatures in Attempt to Destroy Lifesaving Medical Resources

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Hackers Break Into Blood Plasma Cold Storage Units, Cranking Up Temperatures in Attempt to Destroy Lifesaving Medical Resources
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Europe’s industrial scale fridges continue to be at the mercy of cybercriminals, who have claimed another victim in their chilling hacking spree.



The French Blood Establishment (EFS) confirmed that its cold storage units containing blood were compromised at three of its locations on Monday. The attack allowed the hackers to crank temperatures and defrost thresholds up to “excessively high levels,” it said in a statement translated from French by CNBC.



The attack targeted

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