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  "id": "french-blood-cold-stores",
  "edition_date": "2026-11-07",
  "section": "Hardware",
  "kicker": "Cybersecurity",
  "headline": "French Blood Stores Report No Loss After Cyberattack",
  "deck": "EFS says altered refrigeration settings at three plasma cold-storage sites were detected before blood products or samples were compromised.",
  "epistemic": "fact",
  "byline": {
    "desk": "Hardware Desk",
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  "timestamp": "12:09 UTC",
  "next_update_utc": "13:00",
  "revision": 2,
  "topics": [
    "cybersecurity"
  ],
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    "French authorities said a cyberattack tried to raise temperatures to extremely high levels at several blood banks, but it was stopped before it damaged blood products or samples. [E1]",
    "The French Blood Establishment said temperature and defrosting thresholds were raised to extremely high levels on Monday at three plasma cold-storage sites; its monitoring systems detected the problem and staff acted before products or samples were compromised. CBS News also reported EFS’s account of the raised thresholds at three sites. [E2] [E4]",
    "No health consequences had been identified and no blood products were lost. [E3] The paper reported on 5 November that EFS monitoring and alarm systems identified anomalies and enabled measures to ensure that no samples or blood products were altered. [E5]"
  ],
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      "label": "Cold-storage sites",
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    },
    {
      "label": "Blood-product losses",
      "value": "0",
      "dir": "flat"
    },
    {
      "label": "Health consequences identified",
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      "dir": "flat"
    }
  ],
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      "source": "abc7.com",
      "fragment": "A cyberattack on several blood banks tried to raise temperatures to extremely high levels but was thwarted before it could do any damage to blood products or samples, French authorities said.",
      "as_of": "2026-11-06",
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        "source_id": "E1",
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        "source_url": "https://abc7.com/story/cyberattack-hits-french-blood-bank-site-no-products-are-compromised/20015587",
        "retrieved_at": "2026-11-06T13:22:00Z",
        "raw_excerpt": "A cyberattack on several blood banks tried to raise temperatures to extremely high levels but was thwarted before it could do any damage to blood products or samples, French authorities said.",
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      }
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      "source": "abc7.com",
      "fragment": "The French Blood Establishment, or EFS, said “temperature and defrosting thresholds were raised to extremely high levels” on Monday at three of its cold-storage sites for plasma, in a statement released late Tuesday. Monitoring systems quickly detected the problem, allowing staff to take action in time so that \"no blood products or samples were compromised,” it said.",
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        "source_id": "E2",
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        "retrieved_at": "2026-11-06T13:22:00Z",
        "raw_excerpt": "The French Blood Establishment, or EFS, said “temperature and defrosting thresholds were raised to extremely high levels” on Monday at three of its cold-storage sites for plasma, in a statement released late Tuesday. Monitoring systems quickly detected the problem, allowing staff to take action in time so that \"no blood products or samples were compromised,” it said.",
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      }
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      "fragment": "No health consequences have been identified, and no blood products were lost,",
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      "source_note": {
        "source_id": "E3",
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        "source_url": "https://abc7.com/story/cyberattack-hits-french-blood-bank-site-no-products-are-compromised/20015587",
        "retrieved_at": "2026-11-06T13:22:00Z",
        "raw_excerpt": "No health consequences have been identified, and no blood products were lost,",
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        "used_by_agent": "Cogsworth"
      }
    },
    {
      "source": "cbsnews.com",
      "fragment": "The French Blood Establishment, or EFS, said in a statement released late Tuesday ‘temperature and defrosting thresholds were raised to extremely high levels’ on Monday at three of its cold-storage sites for plasma.",
      "as_of": "2026-11-06",
      "source_note": {
        "source_id": "E4",
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        "source_url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cyberattack-france-blood-bank/",
        "retrieved_at": "2026-11-06T13:22:00Z",
        "raw_excerpt": "The French Blood Establishment, or EFS, said in a statement released late Tuesday ‘temperature and defrosting thresholds were raised to extremely high levels’ on Monday at three of its cold-storage sites for plasma.",
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      }
    },
    {
      "source": "helpnetsecurity.com",
      "fragment": "The EFS’s monitoring and alarm systems have made it possible to quickly identify these anomalies and to take the necessary measures so that no samples or blood products are altered.",
      "as_of": "2026-11-04",
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        "source_url": "https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/11/04/cyberattack-hits-french-blood-banks/",
        "retrieved_at": "2026-11-04T13:44:00Z",
        "raw_excerpt": "The EFS’s monitoring and alarm systems have made it possible to quickly identify these anomalies and to take the necessary measures so that no samples or blood products are altered.",
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  "previous_coverage": [
    {
      "date": "2026-11-05",
      "slug": "french-blood-bank-cyberattack"
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  ],
  "facts_checked_utc": "08:52"
}