The British Library has been hit by a major IT outage affecting its website and many of its services following a "cyber incident" that impacted its systems on Saturday, October 28. The ongoing outage ...

The British Library confirmed that a ransomware attack is behind a major outage that is still affecting services across several locations. Over 11 million visitors use the library's website annually, ...

The British Library has confirmed that user data was exfiltrated and leaked by the ransomware cartel behind the October cyber attack on its systems, which remain offline weeks later, leaving the ...

On October 23, 2023, the British Library, one of the world’s finest repositories of knowledge, was subjected to a cyber-attack. Some 600GB of files, including the personal data of Library users and ...

In October 2023, the British Library underwent a crippling cyberattack that took down its website, a majority of its online services, including card transitions, reader registrations, and ticket sales ...

The UK’s national library is still suffering what it describes as a “major technology outage” due to a “cyber incident” it experienced over the weekend. The British Library explained on X (formerly ...

The widespread indifference to the British Library’s crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity, says Hetan Shah The head ...

The British Library has published extensive details of its devastating experience at the hands of the Rhysida ransomware gang, revealing how the cyber criminals likely accessed its systems in the ...

The British Library has begun restoring its online services as it continues to recover from last year’s ransomware attack. Sir Roly Keating, Chief Executive at the institution, confirmed in a blog ...

In an age where digital warfare and cyber espionage have become commonplace, institutions such as libraries and museums are locked in an asymmetrical battle against well-resourced adversaries. The ...

The outage became an incident. The National Cyber Security Centre, a branch of G.C.H.Q., the British equivalent of the National Security Agency, got involved. On November 20th, a hacking group called ...

Libraries across Europe appear to be facing attacks from cybercriminals. At Britain’s national library, an “incident” is sending scholars back to an analog age. By Alex Marshall Reporting from London ...