Octapharma closes plasma centres after BlackSuit attack
A BlackSuit ransomware attack forced Octapharma to shut its 180-plus US plasma donation centres for nearly a week.
- Service
- Octapharma Plasma
- Date
- 17 April 2024
- Cause
- Cyberattack
- Duration
- Not stated or multi-day
- Status
- resolved
- Severity
- major
- Region
- Global
- Source
- The Record ↗
Cite this
Nuffield Consulting, “Octapharma closes plasma centres after BlackSuit attack”, The Daily Tech Wire outage & breach log, 17 Apr 2024. https://techwire.nuffieldconsulting.com/incidents/2024-04-17-octapharma-plasma-outage/ (retrieved 15 Nov 2026).
This entry summarises public reporting. Please also cite the original source: The Record, https://therecord.media/plasma-donation-company-cyberattack-blacksuit.
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