November 1, 2023 at 05:37PM
The British Library is facing website and service outages after a cyberattack in late October. Some on-site services have been affected, but the library remains open. The incident is being investigated by specialists. In a separate incident, the Toronto Library also experienced a cyberattack, resulting in the unavailability of certain services. It is unclear if the two incidents are connected.
Key Points from Meeting Notes:
– The British Library has experienced major outages on its website and services after a cyberattack in late October.
– On-site services such as Wi-Fi were affected, but the library’s buildings remain open and some on-site services are still available.
– The incident is being investigated by the British Library, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), and other specialists.
– The Toronto Library also reported its own cybersecurity incident, resulting in certain services being unavailable, including personal accounts, map passes, digital collections, public computers, and printing services.
– The Toronto Library is still open but expects it will take several days to fully recover.
– It is unclear whether the two cyber incidents are connected.