Patient Death Attributed To Hospital Ransomware Attack

German authorities are investigating the death of a patient following a ransomware attack on a hospital in Germany.  The unknown perpetrators potentially face charges of negligent manslaughter.  Last Friday, a patient in need of urgent medical care was re-routed from the Düsseldorf University Hospital, to a hospital more than 30 kilometers  away.  The Düsseldorf University Hospital was dealing with a ransomware attack and was unable to accept the patient. The patient died.

The ransomware attack was evidently intended for a university.  When police contacted the attackers and told them the attack hit a hospital, the attackers withdrew the ransom demand and provided a decryption key to unlock the affected servers.