German Hospital Hacked, Patient Taken to Another City Dies

German Hospital Hacked, Patient Taken to Another City Dies
An ambulance drives past the University Hospital in Duesseldorf, Germany, on Sept. 15, 2020. Roland Weihrauch/dpa via AP
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BERLIN—German authorities said Thursday that an apparently misdirected ransomware attack caused the failure of IT systems at a major hospital in Duesseldorf, and a woman who needed urgent admission died after she had to be taken to another city for treatment.

The woman’s death appeared to be the first resulting from a ransomware attack, even if indirectly so.