Security News > 2023 > October > 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 also affects other services, including our phone lines and on-site library services in London and Yorkshire.
"The British Library is experiencing a major technology outage, as a result of a cyber incident. This is affecting online systems and services, our website, and onsite services including our Reading Rooms," a spokesperson told BleepingComputer.
The British Library website was still offline due to the cyberattack when the article was published.
The British Library says that while there is limited manual ordering of collection items in London through printed catalogs in St Pancras, there is no access to digital collections or the digital catalog, and exhibition tickets can only be bought onsite using cash.
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