The Hackers Hijacked French Blood hack is one of the fastest-rising stories on Reddit right now. Since the first thread appeared at Nov 4, 04:44 UTC, we have counted 5 threads about it in 4 communities, led by r/worldnews, r/nottheonion and r/technology. Combined, those threads hold roughly 22.4K upvotes and 3.3K comments so far.
What the sources report
These are the reports Redditors are sharing most, in the outlets’ own words. We quote them rather than paraphrase, so nothing is lost or added.
- The Guardian: French blood banks hacked in latest cyber-attack on Europe
Temperature and defrosting thresholds raised to ‘very high levels’ at three cold stores stocking vital blood products
Where Reddit is talking about it
| Community | Threads | Upvotes | Comments | First thread |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| r/worldnews | 2 | 14,508 | 2,068 | Nov 4, 07:13 UTC |
| r/nottheonion | 1 | 4,638 | 628 | Nov 4, 15:05 UTC |
| r/technology | 1 | 2,745 | 546 | Nov 4, 04:44 UTC |
| r/news | 1 | 555 | 85 | Nov 4, 11:42 UTC |
The biggest threads
- Hackers Hijacked French Blood Plasma Freezers, Changing Temperature Settings From −30°C to 110°Cr/worldnews · 13,962 upvotes · 1,992 comments · Nov 4, 07:13 UTC · cybersecuritynews.com
- Hackers Tried to Heat French Blood Storage Units to 110°C in a Chilling Cyberattackr/nottheonion · 4,638 upvotes · 628 comments · Nov 4, 15:05 UTC · techtimes.co.uk
- Hackers Hijacked French Blood Plasma Freezers, Changing Temperature Settings From −30°C to 110°Cr/technology · 2,745 upvotes · 546 comments · Nov 4, 04:44 UTC · cybersecuritynews.com
- Cyber attack threatens French blood banksr/news · 555 upvotes · 85 comments · Nov 4, 11:42 UTC · Sky News
- French blood banks hacked in latest cyber-attack on Europer/worldnews · 546 upvotes · 76 comments · Nov 4, 14:57 UTC · The Guardian
Timeline on Reddit
- First thread we found, in r/technology: “Hackers Hijacked French Blood Plasma Freezers, Changing Temperature Settings From −30°C to 110°C”
- The story reaches r/worldnews: “Hackers Hijacked French Blood Plasma Freezers, Changing Temperature Settings From −30°C to 110°C”
- The biggest thread so far is posted in r/worldnews (13,962 upvotes, 1,992 comments by our last count).
- First link to Sky News shared, in r/news.
- The story reaches r/nottheonion: “Hackers Tried to Heat French Blood Storage Units to 110°C in a Chilling Cyberattack”
How this page is made
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