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Zurich Tatort 'Kammerflimmern' Premieres Sept. 28 With Plot on Hacked Heart Implants

The drama uses a plausibly realistic cyberattack to probe the vulnerabilities of connected medical care.

Overview

  • Multiple sudden cardiac deaths are tied in the story to hacked implanted defibrillators after a cyberattack on Zurich manufacturer LauberCardio.
  • The perpetrators demand a nine-figure ransom for a digital key to bring systems back online.
  • Detectives Isabelle Grandjean and Tessa Ott lead a race against time as fear grows among patients with the devices.
  • Hospitals brace for potential mass replacements of thousands of implants, with officials weighing steps to prevent panic.
  • The episode, directed by Barbara Kulcsar from a script by Petra Ivanov and André Küttel, premieres Sunday, Sept. 28 at 20:15 on Das Erste as the tenth Zurich Tatort.