On Oct. 28, the British Library went dark. With over 170 million items, the British Library currently holds Europe’s largest collection of written material and is the second-largest library in the world. On Oct. 31, the British Library acknowledged that it was experiencing “a major technology outage” as the result of a cybersecurity incident. Two weeks later, on Nov. 20, the library confirmed that it had been the victim of a ransomware attack. Exploiting a weakness in the library’s cybersecurity, hackers from the cybercrime group Rhysida installed software that encrypted library data and prevented users from accessing digital services.

Source: The North Africa Journal December 19, 2023 16:10 UTC