Hackers attacked blood banks in France

The Ministry of Health reported that on Monday there was a cyber attack on the blood banks of the French Blood Donation Institute. The incident affected some cold stores' monitoring and control systems. However, the ministry assured that the situation is now under control and the products stored in blood banks have not been damaged.

"We managed to maintain the security of resources thanks to monitoring and alarm systems and the immediate implementation of preventive measures," the ministry emphasized in an official statement.

Millions converted into cryptocurrencies

A serious security incident also occurred in the financial sector. Thanks to the action against Credit Mutuel Akrea, cybercriminals carried out a series of unfair transactions.

"The incident has now been resolved," Credit Mutuel Arkea bank said in a statement, emphasizing that the attack had no impact on customer assets.

Following the detection of the cyberattack, the decision was made to "temporarily suspend certain transactions to secure operations and prevent any new unauthorized movements."

"The amounts affected by this attack do not (...) threaten the solidity and financial health of the group," it was assured.

The bank later announced in a statement that it estimated its losses from the cyberattack at over EUR 100 million.

The hackers "used their own account at Credit Mutuel Arkea to make transfers to the accounts of other banking entities" and then "exchanged this money for cryptocurrency on special platforms." They did not access customer accounts, the bank assured.

Credit Mutuel Arkea has 5.8 million customers and assets worth EUR 211.5 billion.

According to experts, France is one of the countries most affected by cyberattacks due to the attractiveness of its data, but also due to certain weaknesses in its protection.