2020 Software is Killing
Ransomware leads to death. By Dominic Alvieri, @AlvieriD September 22nd, 2020. Did anyone notice ransomware literally just killed someone? Ransomware just got upgraded to Murderware. German police are treating the cybersecurity event as a homicide. A lifesaving surgery was cancelled at the last minute in Dusseldorf University Hospital on Wednesday, September 9th due to a ransomware attack on the hospital. The patient was immediately rerouted to the next hospital available about 20 miles away. The patient passed away during the ambulance trip. The digital footprints are familiar. Reports allege that the attack intended to attack a university (Heinrich Heine University) and redirected to Dusseldorf University Hospital. A woman was arriving for a lifesaving procedure when the ransomware attack took down the hospitals IT systems. The vulnerability in question is a Citrix VPN appliance controll...
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