Thousands of appointments canceled after ransomware hits major Barcelona hospital

A ransomware attack on the city of Barcelona’s main hospital has forced thousands of appointments to be canceled, officials announced Monday.

The Hospital Clinic de Barcelona was attacked Saturday, with computers across the institutions’ numerous laboratories, clinics and emergency room shut down. Its website was unavailable on Monday.

Officials said that 150 non-urgent operations were canceled on Monday alongside up to 3,000 patient checkups, including radiotherapy visits, because staff can’t access patients’ clinical records, reported the [El País newspaper](link).

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