BACK TO INCIDENTSRANSOMWARE ATTACK
CONFIRMED
British Library
DATE: October 28, 2023
SECTOR: Education
LOCATION: United Kingdom
SUMMARY
UK national library suffers major ransomware attack with data theft
DETAILED ANALYSIS
The British Library, the national library of the United Kingdom, suffered a ransomware attack by the Rhysida group. The attackers encrypted systems and stole internal data including employee information, which was later leaked on the dark web.
IMPACT ASSESSMENT
Library services disrupted for months, employee and user data leaked
INCIDENT METADATA
INCIDENT ID
INC-2024-008
THREAT TYPE
Ransomware
INDUSTRY
Education
STATUS
Confirmed