Cyberattacks in Europe target supermarkets, blood banks
Hackers targeted France’s national blood service amid mounting fears of AI-enabled cyberwarfare. Another wave of cyberattacks against European supermarkets this week compromised refrigeration systems for the second time in a month, rekindling fears over the security of critical infrastructure. While such attacks so far have been costly and inconvenient, a new era of AI-enabled cyberwarfare could portend more devastating disruptions. France’s national blood service, which 1,900 hospitals rely on, said Tuesday that hackers raised the temperature at cold storage units, but the attack was thwarted before any damage was done. Experts frequently blame Russia for such incidents: Many Kremlin-aligned hacks are unsophisticated, but “the problem is that the more they poke around, the more it is probable they can find something critical that wasn’t protected well,” a cyber analyst said.
Hackers targeted France’s national blood service amid mounting fears of AI-enabled cyberwarfare. Another wave of cyberattacks against European supermarkets this week compromised refrigeration systems for the second time in a month, rekindling fears over the security of critical infrastructure. While such attacks so far have been costly and inconvenient, a new era of AI-enabled cyberwarfare could portend more devastating disruptions. France’s national blood service, which 1,900 hospitals rely on, said Tuesday that hackers raised the temperature at cold storage units, but the attack was thwarted before any damage was done.
Experts frequently blame Russia for such incidents: Many Kremlin-aligned hacks are unsophisticated, but “the problem is that the more they poke around, the more it is probable they can find something critical that wasn’t protected well,” a cyber analyst said.