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 ...

The British Library has revealed that HR data was stolen and leaked in a recent ransomware breach. The state-run institution, one of the world’s largest public libraries, only admitted last week that ...

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 ...

There’s a Bing ding dong, after Microsoft (over?) enthusiastically encourages Chrome users to stop using Google, and silence hits the British Library as it shares its story of a ransomware attack. All ...

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 ...

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 ...

The British Library’s 2023 run-in with ransomware gang Rhysida will cost the institution approximately 40% of its cash reserves to rectify, according to reports. The UK’s national library was shut ...

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 ...

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 ...