UNKNOWN
Hi, you've reached Billie Vebber's...
- No answer. - I'll wait for her.
- Right. Let's go to the cell. - To the cell?
STANDBY MODE
What do you take me for?
Dad?
Why don't you ever pick up?
What's wrong?
Microsoft says he's been there for the last seven days.
Those jerks won't give me my money.
TOMBOLA MICROSOF CORPORATION
A so-called tombola prize.
Sorry. Thanks.
It's a phishing scam, you didn't win anything.
You don't believe me?
- No... - You're protecting them!
You'll help strangers, but not your family.
Your own family!
Sir.
Everything OK?
I have to go.
I hope she's not too much trouble.
She solves more issues than she creates.
For now.
For now!
Family?
My dad.
We found this on her.
She wore an implantable defibrillator.
She must've been sent a direct current.
She died instantly.
- Is it a pacemaker? - Almost.
It's also a cardiac pacemaker.
But instead of generating small electrical impulses bit by bit,
it sends a very high-energy shock.
I have a friend who wears one.
Kraainmem.
He fell the same way.
Same time, almost to the minute.
In Ottignies.
His wife said the same thing.
Died all of a sudden.
Hacking.
Work out whether it was a technical glitch or three homicides.
GSMs?
Found on their bodies.
Who makes the defibrillators?
Digitec.
We've informed them.
Their IT service is on it, but we must work fast.
Nine thousand people in this country could die in seconds.
What's up?
I'm not blind.
Sophie Leconte, 27 years old, French teacher.
Six months pregnant.
Wim Peters, 87 years old, retired chemist.
And Alexandre Desmet, 50 years old,
financial consultant at an investment firm.
Pretty weird that it was at the exact same time.
And they didn't know each other.
Nothing in common.
Yes, they had the same defibrillator.
Find out about their doctors.
Hold on.
Stay there.
We found a guy on the darknet who managed to hack into a defibrillator.
It's safer.
You should usually be under ten meters away to hack into this.
This was done from farther away.
Using a virus in an app the three victims had.
- A medical follow-up app. - Connected to the defibrillator.
A simple call was enough to trigger the attack.
The victims' GSMs acted as a relay.
That's an 800-volt shock right to the heart.
800 volts in a battery?
Yeah. The defibrillator works as a condenser.
It'll charge soon and when it's full...
Bam! Mad shit.
Right, are you ready?
Wait!
Three,
two, one...
- You having fun? - We had to be sure.
And the number which triggered it?
Same one for all three. We asked the operator.
We'll have a name soon.
Hi, gang.
The cardiologist is the same one for all three of them.
An André Courtoy.
Anything else?
He was accused of tampering with the control system
during open heart surgery.
And the patient?
Died on the operating table.
But that's pretty much all the information I have.
That happened two years ago.
The family never managed to grieve.
They put it all on us.
The investigation exonerated us, of course.
After that, I had to work hard to find new clients.
The three victims wore the same devices.
Yes, I often suggest that one.
Expensive,
but reliable.
Could there have been a glitch?
No, they're directly linked to the maintenance service.
If there were any issues, we would get an alert.
Tell us about the victims.
And say what? My patients didn't give me their life stories.
I'll need a list of all the patients wearing that model.
No, sorry.
No, I can't give you that.
Medical confidentiality.
We must warn them of the risks.
There's an association for patients with the condition.
You can even post a warning.
Shall I note down the address?
App. be
There.
His firm's associate says that
Alexandre Desmet made a Miguel Pons lose a lot of money.
He made him put his whole fortune in bad funds.
Miguel Pons was threatening Alexandre Desmet.
I quote...
"You're an asshole.
You said this wouldn't happen.
I lost everything, it's your fault..."
"I'll skin you if you don't..."
"...bail me out. I hope I've made myself clear."
End quote.
Did you write this?
I don't fucking know! Possibly.
Never seen them.
Never seen them. Poor them.
But that fucking bastard made me lose half a million.
Do you get that?
Yeah.
Eighteen years of salary plus overtime.
I have employees waiting to be paid and jumping ship
and my wife will be next.
You killed Alexandre Desmet for revenge.
He was going to get my money back!
If he's dead, what the fuck do I do?
I'll need to know your whereabouts.
For yesterday.
Sam...
There's no point.
He could've prepared the attack and an alibi.
- That's protocol. - It's ridiculous.
- Right, can I go now? - No.
We're keeping you in a bit longer.
To go through your connected devices.
For fuck's sake.
What was that?
- What? - Contradicting me in front of a suspect!
- It's fine... - No, it's not!
- What did Sophie Leconte's mom say? - Sophie still lived with her.
Her mother says that she wasn't that social.
The mother was at the window.
She saw a car.
A Mercedes Cabriolet.
Sophie was in tears, but her mom doesn't know why.
That's it.
And for Wim Peters?
Nada. According to his grandson, he led a quiet life.
He wasn't rolling in it.
So, we can discard inheritance stuff.
We don't have much.
MOM
Mom?
Your dad says you stole money from him.
No, Mom, it's phishing.
Listen, Billie, I don't understand.
Give that paper back to him.
You can print it off again.
Billie, he needs that paper.
SAINT ESTIENNE HOSPITAL HEALTH FORUM
Mom, I've got work to do.
I don't know when I can come round.
As usual...
OK.
In half an hour?
It was the operator.
The GSM used for the hacking was geolocated at Saint-Michel Hospital.
- Courtoy's hospital? - The calls came from his office.
So?
Miguel Pons' lawyer is right.
There are no grounds for custody.
Where are we going?
So, what's going on?
The last call the victim received.
The one that went boom.
Came from you.
I don't understand. Can you elaborate?
Your cell phone was used to make the call that triggered it.
Where were you at 12:30 p.m. yesterday?
Operating. You can check.
I don't take my cell phone to the OR.
You could've scheduled the attack.
- "Scheduled the attack"? - Yeah.
Can we see your cell?
Yes.
I don't understand.
Why?
It may have been hacked.
Hacked?
By who? How?
Why?
That's what we're finding out.
We'll continue this later.
Come.
- Could I just... - No, I'm keeping it.
- What's wrong? - A ransom demand.
525,500 euros.
- That's what they want. - In Bitcoins.
Instructions TBC.
It's a virtual currency, there's no tricking them.
Was the demand made via email?
Sent to Digitec.
And we have 24 hours.
If he doesn't have the money by then,
he'll double the number of victims.
Let's go to Digitec.
- I'll get my stuff. - Meet outside.
Nassim, Bob, go back to the unit.
I was on the patient association's website.
There are photos.
And you saw me.
Do the others know?
- No. - Then keep it to yourself.
- You should've told us. - What would that change?
Sam.
Find that bastard before this all blows up.
Thousands of people have got a ticking time bomb
here.
Can we trace the sender?
- He would've taken precautions. - You in a rush?
You can party when we've found it.
There's a flaw in your source code.
- I know. - You know!
Yes...
And you didn't do anything.
The flaw is inside the devices' internal software.
We can't touch it once implanted.
But you can reopen patients.
Reopening a patient poses a very big risk.
And it's very costly.
So, you have to make do?
Long live profits.
We fixed the issue in the model coming out next month.
Great.
Could you forward me the email you received?
There.
It was sent via the intranet.
The network's IP address was used.
Via a proxy from Hungary, I think.
Meaning?
Meaning the ransomer is hiding behind another address.
- Untraceable. - Meaning we can't find him.
525,500 euros.
Is that your annual salary?
- Yes. - You must have a nice closet.
Had any trouble with employees lately?
These last few months, some people have been...
how should I put it?
We're currently restructuring.
Right. Restructuring.
So, you laid them off.
Get me a list of all those you laid off.
Now.
Now!
Go help her.
What's up with you?
Are you wearing one?
Who is? Go on, spill.
Hélène.
Shit.
PERSONNEL FILE
Thanks.
9,000 patients.
At 20,000 euros a defibrillator, that's 180 million euros.
So, health has a price.
I have a winner.
Corti Benjamin.
Former IT employee. It adds up.
He'd been pushing for a raise for months.
He was fired without notice.
I wouldn't be happy either.
It even came to blows.
HR filed a complaint.
We'll send out men to look for him.
Go on!
Bob, Billie!
Do you know what you've done?
I sent an email, that's all. I have nothing to do with those victims.
I just took advantage of it.
To make money?
To be heard this time.
Meaning?
I found the flaw two years ago.
I told them and they did nothing.
Well, they did.
They laid me off with a fat check and a confidentiality agreement.
They don't give a shit if people die. They just want to make money.
They said their hands were tied.
No, it's too late now.
But we could've done something when I pointed it out.
By stopping production and correcting the program.
- But they would've lost the market. - Of course.
Who told you about this?
About the dead people?
Arthur.
The IT manager?
We kept in touch.
I didn't want to make money, I swear.
It's kind of a morbid move, right?
But it got their attention. There will be an investigation.
Even a trial.
I'll have things to say.
You'll be charged.
You'll have a record.
Yeah,
but I'll have a clear conscience.
Back to square one.
The good news is that we're not running after some wise guy
looking to extort money.
I don't see how that's good news.
We've reached a dead end.
Totally.
Let's think broader.
Maybe it's a rival company.
Or a jihadist cardiologist.
Someone who needs organs?
Two victims were registered organ donors.
What about someone wanting to cover up a murder?
So you kill three to target one?
To cover your tracks.
It seems crazy but...
it's the perfect crime.
So, we were off the mark?
Right, where are we?
Benjamin Corti did send the ransom email.
There's no proof linking him to the murders.
There's no proof clearing him either.
That guy didn't do it.
He found the flaw, but someone else wrote the code.
He just sounded the alarm.
- That was a success. - Yeah.
He wasted our time, you mean.
But if Digitec had listened to him, we wouldn't be here.
He shouldn't be incriminated.
What's worse is that the code is still online.
If another nutjob finds it...
Right,
back to work!
Wait, Hélène!
The team got together to get you a new cell phone.
Really?
Thanks. That's very kind, but...
I've just bought this one.
That one's crap.
It's thin, light, it's...
Billie!
It slips out of your hand.
Goddammit!
It's super fragile.
An old Nokia?
It's shatterproof, Hélène. Shatterproof.
And not connected.
Sorry.
Are you OK?
Nothing gets past them.
TH3MIS: I NEED YOU AGAIN
GOLDKEY: IF I'D HAVE KNOWN I'D BE HELPING A COP ONE DAY!!!
TH3MIS: 9,000 LIVES AT STAKE.
AT THIS STAGE, FORGET ABOUT YOUR PRINCIPLES.
GOLDKEY: 421421421 IT'S A PRIME NUMBER IN BINARY
TH3MIS: A SIGNATURE?
Oh, shit.
TH3MIS: HELLO! WHAT'S NEW?
Crap...
Billie...
give me back that letter.
I've been hacked. I'm getting calls every day.
It's dangerous for you too.
They're watching us! They know about the money. You got it?
Yeah, here.
Are you eating with us?
Yeah, I'd love to.
I see him every day
at the exact same spot!
What?
It's a coincidence, is that it?
You never believe me.
I'm sick of it.
Sick of it!
No improvement?
He's losing his mind a little more every day.
His paranoia.
I looked into putting him into care.
There's an establishment in Lille.
They have room there.
You're going back to France?
I don't know!
IT'S BEEN AGES!
TH3MIS: I WANT TO SEE YOU
Always on that thing!
- When you do come, you... - Do you ask how I'm doing?
No. Never a call, not even on my birthday! Wanna talk about that?
I thought you didn't care about your birthday.
Don't bother, there's no signal here.
Mic?
No.
- Weapon? - Yeah.
The badge hasn't changed me.
You really haven't changed that much.
Still pretty.
The defibrillator code, is that you?
So, that's why you came.
Someone used it.
That's what it's for.
Three people died.
Sorry. I'm not responsible for what people do with my inventions.
- Einstein and his atomic bomb... - What did you do?
- With the atomic bomb? - Corpus...
I put it online.
On which forum?
How are you with the police now?
What a waste!
Why did you do that?
Why did I do that?
For fun!
Remember what that is?
You need to take it down.
Finally, we get down to business.
My name crops up in one too many files.
You're in a good position now.
What?
Everything has a price, sweetie.
CYBER CRIME UNIT CUT
Already here?
I have a lead for the hacking. Look.
It's on this forum. There must be a clue.
Where did you find that out?
Don't worry. Look.
The IP address and the MAC address.
That's from the Internet at Saint-Michel Hospital.
Yeah...
The MAC address matches up.
What matches up?
The code used to hack the defibrillators.
It was bought from your laptop.
Wait, I don't even know what that is. Hacking codes?
There's no remote intrusion. It was done here.
- Who can get in here? - Everyone!
I never lock the door.
I also don't log out.
Does anyone here want to taint your reputation?
Pierre Lemans?
The heart surgeon.
We implant defibrillators together.
He never got over the fact that I was named medical director.
- Pierre Lemans will see us. - Did the secretary not see anything?
No, she was on a lunch break.
So, no witnesses?
CCTV maybe.
Can you check that?
I always get the crappy jobs.
I have two minutes. I'm all ears.
- We're investigating three... - Defibrillators, yes.
The secretary told me.
What's your relationship with André Courtoy?
He's a terrible guy: sly, calculating,
manipulative, a smooth talker.
Shall I go on?
He told us about a botched operation
ending in the death of a patient.
I was doing open heart surgery from Strasbourg.
- Why not in the operating room? - That can happen in emergencies.
- A robot was assisting the operation. - What happened?
Everything started to go to shit, we never knew why.
We lost the patient.
And then?
Then the family filed a lawsuit.
They lost. They put it down to a technical failure.
How does André Courtoy fit into this?
He was there.
He's responsible for this.
He tampered with it so the machine would crash.
Obviously I could never prove it.
He was named medical director even though you were the favorite.
The public thought that I was to blame.
I should be running the service,
but he manipulated the situation to get his way.
Did you get revenge?
If I wanted to lash out at someone,
I would've killed him.
Not his patients.
The recording on the day of the murder
was replaced.
But I may have something.
Our cardiologist had quite a taste for women.
Including one of his patients.
Sophie Leconte.
How long were you seeing Sophie Leconte?
For three years.
She suffered from heart failure.
No, I'm not talking about that.
She was my patient,
I looked after her. That's it.
This is the phone we found on Sophie.
Apparently, she had your number.
Yes.
In case of an emergency. Yes.
Apparently, she also had your other number.
For your double life.
Don't tell them.
No one in my family knows.
What?
That you killed your mistress?
"If you don't tell your wife, I will."
Answer, "I'll stop you."
You weren't happy to find out that Sophie was pregnant.
Of course I was happy.
But I didn't kill her.
Them, Mr. Courtoy.
Four people,
four innocent people.
Two to cover up your crime.
Plus a woman threatening your marriage and her child.
We argued over the baby, that's true.
I didn't want it to speed up the divorce, you get the idea.
We talked to the nurse in the OR
who was with you at the time of the murders.
She says you were absent during the operation.
Listen...
I loved her.
I was going to leave my wife.
I was going to live with Sophie and we were going to raise our child.
Why would I do that?
I wanted a divorce.
Ask my lawyer.
We'll call him.
You're going to need one.
Mr. Leclerc confirms that Courtoy wanted a divorce.
He was going to do it, it was all drawn up.
He's a good lawyer. He'll do anything to save his client.
In any case, Dr. Courtoy's reputation is in ruins.
His marriage too.
André!
Let me through, I want to speak to him!
André! Bastard!
Mom, stop.
Let it go, there's no use. Come on.
Come on.
Bob mentioned a Mercedes Cabriolet.
It was parked by Leconte's house.
Courtoy's wife knew he was cheating on her.
I knew it was her at the charity event.
It was her perfume.
The same one was on his jacket when he'd come home late.
What did you do when you found out?
Nothing.
It wasn't the first time.
André likes women. I knew that when I married him.
You let him cheat on you?
At first, it drove me crazy.
I ended up getting used to it.
As long as he came back.
He was really going to leave.
It was bound to happen.
I'm not an idiot.
I'm turning 50. She was 20, 30.
I don't have to spell it out.
Your car was spotted
the night before the murder
at the home of one of the victims.
And on the day of the murder, in the hospital parking lot.
Did you kill those three people?
Yes.
What's going to happen to me now?
DAD
Did she do the hacking?
No.
She admitted to paying someone to do it. On the darknet.
Do you think you can find who it was?
I'll try, but it'll be tricky.
Congratulations!
What?
You're making progress!
You've finally acknowledged that you can't do everything.
Hilarious.
Are you OK, Hélène?
No, I'm fine.
It's this old Nokia.
It has a strong vibration!
Luckily, progress has been made.
What? Relax!
Hélène...
Your favorite.
Mom, they expired two years ago.
You should've come sooner.
Sorry.
I miss you, you know.
Do you have a boyfriend?
Mom.
I'm just asking.
Aren't you with...
- No. - What was his name again?
- No, we're not together any more. - Antoine!
He was nice.
Yeah, he was really nice.
Dad.
Dad!
Why did you call me?
This number again...
You have to help me.
Have you answered it?
Of course not, it's a trap.
So that they can listen in on me.
It's your voicemail, Dad.
If you don't pick up, it'll keep ringing.
Why did you call me?
Here.
TOMBOLA MICROSOF CORPORATION
We've decided to give you this money.
Thanks a lot.
You need it more than we do.
I'd do anything for you.
Love you.
Guys!
Parents would do anything for their kids, right?
How did I miss this?
Here. Look.
The car is in the mother's name, but she's not getting out of it.
It's mama's boy.
Who are these victims to you?
Just lines of code.
One click, a phone call and that's it.
But close up...
That's Wim Peters.
Look at him.
Look at him!
He was a good man.
He had come back from the US.
It was his dream.
Luckily, he fulfilled it before he died.
Alexandre Desmet,
a hard worker.
With his death, a business has been ruined.
And so has a family.
She...
is Sophie Leconte.
Look at her.
Look.
She just wanted to be happy...
with her baby.
A half-brother who you'll never know.
Then there's a fourth victim.
Your mother
who will spend the next few years in a cell.
Not much bigger than this room
with three other cellmates.
It won't always be cozy.
Your mother, willing to do anything to save you.
To confess to murders she didn't commit.
Since I just got her confession,
I can close the case.
In an hour, she'll be taken to county jail.
- And then... - OK.
OK.
Are you going to talk?
Yeah.
What did you do, Simon?
It's your fault!
What do you mean?
What did you think?
That another woman and kid would be better?
Simon...
Simon, you killed innocent people.
You killed the woman I loved.
Mom loved you too.
And you hurt her, and me too.
Get off me! It's your fault!
We have to take him away.
Mr. Courtoy.
Come on.
It's crazy what you'll do for your loved ones.
Sorry.
You're beautiful.
You're...
Eat at the restaurant.
Eat at the restaurant, you and me.
What do you think?
I love you.
Dad...
is coming.
What the hell?
Everything has a price, sweetie.
Really?
Subtitle translation by Jessica Hinds-Mingo