# Hackers target French blood banks in latest cyberattack plaguing Europe

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/hackers-target-french-blood-banks-in-latest-cyberattack-plaguing-europe/
- Published: 2026-11-05T00:36:46+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-05T01:34:52+00:00
- Original publisher: GB News (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.gbnews.com/news/world/hackers-france-blood-banks-cyberattack-europe
- Topics: Culture, Cybersecurity, Entertainment, Europe, Food, Technology, TV, World

## Key points

- Three French regional blood banks were targeted.
- Staff moved supplies and no products were lost.
- Investigators have not identified who was behind the attack.

## Summary

Hackers targeted monitoring and control systems at three regional French blood banks, raising the temperature and defrost settings of cold storage rooms. The incident is part of a wider series of cyberattacks in Europe, highlighting risks to services that depend on digitally controlled equipment.

The French Blood Establishment said staff moved the supplies after alerts, and no blood products were lost or affected. The stored products included plasma for transfusions and for medicines; the hacking group and source of the attack remain unidentified. Separately, Britain’s National Cyber Security Centre said a small number of meat-processing suppliers may have been affected by cyberattacks.

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