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Opinion Quiz time: name one thing you know about the Library of Alexandria. The Rhysida ransomware attack on the British Library last October didn't have the visceral physical aspect that creates a folk memory, but it should for anyone who makes enterprise IT. Five months on, not only are significant systems not restored, they've gone forever.
The British Library says legacy IT is the overwhelming factor delaying efforts to recover from the Rhysida ransomware attack in late 2023. Rhysida broke into the British Library in October last year, making off with 600GB worth of data and, crucially, destroying many of its servers which are now in the process of being replaced.
The British Library is denying reports suggesting the recovery costs for its 2023 ransomware attack may reach highs of nearly $9 million as work to restore services remains ongoing. Citing inaccuracies in wider reports, a British Library spokesperson told The Register: "The final costs of recovering from the recent cyber attack are still not confirmed. The British Library and its government sponsor, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, remain in close and regular contact. The Library always maintains its own financial reserve to help address unexpected issues and no bids for additional funding have been made at this stage."
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The Rhysida ransomware group has published most of the data it claimed to have stolen from the British Library a month after the attack was disclosed. The Register has not examined any of the data posted online, but a cursory perusal of the file trees leaked to Rhysida's website appears to show data related to various British Library departments, functions, and stakeholders.
Isaac Newton sculpture outside the British library Pic: Sampajano Anizza/Shutterstock. What makes the British Library an intriguing victim is the sort of work it does.
The Rhysida ransomware gang has claimed responsibility for a cyberattack on the British Library in October, which has caused a major ongoing IT outage. A leak of HR documents stolen from the British Library was also confirmed today by the library's press office, which warned users to reset their passwords as a precautionary measure.
The Rhysida ransomware group says it's behind the highly disruptive October cyberattack on the British Library, leaking a snippet of stolen data in the process. The Register approached the British Library for comment but it did not reply.
The British Library confirmed that a ransomware attack is behind a major outage that is still affecting services across several locations. Although the library confirmed this was caused by ransomware, it still has to link the attack to a specific operation and reveal what employee and/or user personal or financial information was accessed or stolen from its systems, if any.
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.