Tag: cyberattack
Cybercriminals demand €4.2 after ransomware attack on Clinic hospital in Spain’s Barcelona
THE CYBERCRIMINALS behind a so-called ‘ransomware’ attack on the Clinic Hospital in Barcelona are demanding a payment of €4.2 million before they will release...
Hospital in Barcelona suffers cyberattack and is forced to significantly reduce healthcare services
Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, one of Barcelona’s biggest public hospitals, was victim to a ransomware attack on the morning of Sunday 5 March. The...
Seven people arrested and two million euros scammed by cybercriminals in Spain’s Sevilla
POLICE has arrested seven people from Sevilla for allegedly scamming companies and freelancers using the technique “man in the middle”.
This technique is described as...
Cyber attack halts beer production at Barcelona’s Damm brewery
BEER production at Barcelona's Damm brewery was brought to a standstill earlier this week after cyber hackers penetrated the companies network.
Damm is Spain's second-biggest...
COVID-19: Interpol warns Spain to beware of ransomware attacks on hospitals’ computer systems
A GLOBAL policing organisation has warned that hospitals have become targets for ransom attacks on their computer systems.
Interpol says that its Cybercrime Threat Response...
Policia Nacional expose hackers who try to ‘infect’ hospital computers with virus
THE Policia Nacional have uncovered an attempt by hackers to ‘infect’ hospital computers with a virus.
EXCLUSIVE: Fears for potential Gibraltar data breach after government website hacked by Anonymous
A leading website security expert and an opposition MP are ‘concerned’ official data could have been compromised, after the website faced a double cyberattack by hacktivist group Anonymous