Cyberattack Hits Major Hospital in Spanish City of Barcelona

Cyberattack Hits Major Hospital in Spanish City of Barcelona
A doctor at the ICU of the Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, speaks on the phone in Barcelona, Spain, on Nov. 11, 2020. Cesc Maymo/Getty Images
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MADRID—A ransomware cyberattack on one of Barcelona’ s main hospitals has crippled the center’s computer system and forced the cancellation of 150 non-urgent operations and up to 3,000 patient checkups, officials said Monday.

The attack Sunday on the Hospital Clinic de Barcelona shut down computers at the facility’s laboratories, emergency room and pharmacy at three main centers and several external clinics.