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September 17, 2020 07:11 pm
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/17/21443851/death-ransomware-attack-hospital-germany-cybersecurity
Woman dies during a ransomware attack on a German hospital
A woman in Germany died during a ransomware attack on the Duesseldorf University Hospital, in what may be the first death directly linked to a cyberattack on a hospital. The hospital couldn’t accept emergency patients because of the attack, and the woman was sent to a health care facility around 20 miles away, the Associated Press reported.
The cyberattack was not intended for the hospital, according to a report from the German news outlet RTL. The ransom note was addressed to a nearby university. The attackers stopped the attack after authorities told them it had actually shut down a hospital.
This may be the first confirmed death resulting from a cyberttack on healthcare infrastructure. https://t.co/O2mPziOgJu
— Andy Manoske (@a2d2)...
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/17/21443851/death-ransomware-attack-hospital-germany-cybersecurity
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