Bleeping Computer

British Library knocked offline by weekend cyberattack

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 Sun

British Library down updates — Website suffers major outage after cyber-attack as users struggle to access online system

THE British library has been targeted in a cyber attack that caused a "major technology outage." The outage could last for several weeks. A spokesperson for the library said: "We’re continuing to ...
The Art Newspaper

Hundreds at London’s British Library go on strike, as Tate workers consider action

A major exhibition could be delayed as a result of the library strikes, which are taking place due to a dispute over pay ...
Bleeping Computer

British Library: Ongoing outage caused by ransomware attack

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, ...
TechCrunch

British Library confirms customer data was stolen by hackers, with outage expected to last ‘months’

The British Library has told customers that their personal data may have been stolen during a recent ransomware attack that knocked the library’s systems and website offline for the past month. In a ...
Sixth Tone

British Library Includes 16 Chinese Web Novels in Its Collection

After gaining global acceptance, Chinese online literature has now found its place in the bookshelves of the world’s largest academic library. Sixteen Chinese web novels have been included in the ...
The Mirror

British Library targeted by hackers as website and services down in cyber-attack

The British Library has been hit by a cyber attack that has led to a "major technology outage", it has stated. A spokesperson for the library said that the website and online systems are among those ...
TechCrunch

British Library confirms data stolen during ransomware attack

The British Library, the national library of the United Kingdom and one of the world’s largest libraries, has confirmed that a ransomware attack led to the theft of internal data. In late October, the ...
Computer Weekly

British Library falls victim to cyber attack

The British Library has disclosed that it has experienced a cyber attack of an undisclosed nature, that has caused multiple technology systems at the institution to go down. The organisation first ...
Bloomberg L.P.

British Library Says Ransomware Attack Behind Weeks-Long Outage

The British Library said a ransomware attack by a criminal group is the cause of a technology outage which has disabled its website and other computer systems for weeks. Some data has been leaked ...
Computer Weekly

British Library’s Halloween cyber scare was ransomware

The British Library has confirmed that an IT outage that began at the end of October was indeed the result of a ransomware attack on its systems, from which it is yet to recover. The organisation’s ...