On 5 March 2023, the hospital Clínic Barcelona suffered a cyberattack of the Ransomware type which affected the computer information systems that the Fundació de Recerca Clínic Barcelona-Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (FRCB-IDIBAPS) shares with the Hospital.
Since the attack was detected, the hospital Clínic Barcelona and the FCRB-IDIBAPS have been working with the support of the Cybersecurity Agency of Catalonia and the Mossos d’Esquadra police to re-establish the systems attacked and restore the data affected.
The cyberattack was notified on 17 March 2023 to the Catalan Data Protection Authority (APDCAT) through the corresponding Security Violation Notification.