“I think they’ve just given up,” said a friend, an academic specialising in esoteric aspects of the 17th century world of scholarship. He was referring to the British Library, whose systems were ...

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 catalogue has finally returned online after a cyber attack in late last year took out one of the world’s biggest libraries. Based in London, the British Library is estimated to ...

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 ...

British Library signs are seen over an entrance to the library in London, Sept. 24, 2010 (AP photo by Sang Tan). On Oct. 28, the British Library went dark. Visitors lost access to the library’s online ...

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 ...

Earlier this month, Open Culture pointed to a big move from the British Library: the library is putting a million images into the public domain. An image by Eliza F. Manning from “The Coming of Father ...

The British Library, one of the globe's premier repositories of knowledge, revealed that it fell victim to a ransomware attack on Oct. 28. The aftermath has plunged the institution into a ...

LONDON, Jan. 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Clarivate Plc (CLVT) (NYSE:CLVT), a leading global provider of transformative intelligence, today announces that the British Library has selected Clarivate to ...

The British Library ransomware attack was likely caused by the compromise of third-party credentials coupled with no multifactor authentication (MFA) in place to stop the attackers, despite previous ...

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 ...

From the must-see locations to the most frequently asked questions, our guide has all you need to plan your next visit. By Susanne Fowler The Irish writer was barred in 1895 after being convicted of ...