A woman in Germany died after a ransomware infection prevented her hospital from giving emergency treatment.
The unnamed patient died en route to a hospital in another city after she was unable to get treatment in Düsseldorf due to the malware affecting computer systems. A manslaughter investigation is now underway against the ransomware's operators, who have yet to be identified.
In their very, very thin defense, the crooks behind the file-scrambling nasty turned over the decryption key to the cops when they were informed they had hit a hospital with their crimeware. Since then, the operators have gone dark. Chances are they are not in Germany and there's not much hope for an arrest and extradition.
University Hospital Düsseldorf said that due to a ransomware attack th ..
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