The Clínic de Barcelona hospital is currently in a high-risk situation, since this Sunday, March 5, a dangerous ransomware cyberattack.
According to them, the attack disabled computers in the facility’s laboratories, an emergency department and a pharmacy in three main centers and several external clinics, damaged the center’s computer system and forced the cancellation of 150 non-urgent surgeries and up to 3,000 patient examinations. authorities on Monday.
“We cannot make any predictions as to when the system will return to normal,” hospital director Anthony Castells said at a press conference on Monday. He said the hospital’s contingency plan would keep them operational for a few days, but he hoped the system would be fixed sooner.
A statement from the regional government of Catalonia said that the regional cybersecurity agency is working to restore the system. The agency said on Monday that the attack was orchestrated from outside Spain by a group called Ransom House.
As stated in El Mundo, the Generalitat indicated that at the moment there is no ransom request, but excluded any “negotiations not to pay a cent” for the restoration of access and possible stolen data. According to the Catalan Cyber Security Agency, the cyber attack was “sophisticated and sophisticated” and originated outside of Spain.
The press service of the hospital said that all written work is done on paper, and the hospital is redirecting new emergency cases to other hospitals in the city.
Source: Digital Trends
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