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Was This the World's First Fatal Cyberattack?

SecureWorld News

The ransomware attack hit the Düsseldorf University Hospital in early September 2020 and shut down its network. Germany's Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) says the attack occurred through a Citrix VPN vulnerability that has been known about since last year. This includes the system used to admit emergency patients.