Cyberattack pushed French blood bank freezers to extreme temperatures
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Attackers remotely driving blood plasma freezers to extreme temperatures shows how thin the margin is between cyber events and real-world harm. Any operator running cold chains or medical storage should be treating OT access, alarm integrity, and manual override drills as board-level risk topics.
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