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British LAPSUS$ Teen Members Sentenced for High-Profile Attacks
2023-12-24 05:48

Two British teens part of the LAPSUS$ cyber crime and extortion gang have been sentenced for their roles in orchestrating a string of high-profile attacks against a number of companies. Arion...

British Library begins contacting customers as Rhysida leaks data dump
2023-11-29 12:30

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.

Ransomware-hit British Library: Too open for business, or not open enough?
2023-11-27 09:30

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.

Rhysida ransomware gang claims British Library cyberattack
2023-11-20 15:44

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.

Rhysida ransomware gang: We attacked the British Library
2023-11-20 12:05

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.

British Library: Ongoing outage caused by ransomware attack
2023-11-17 13:37

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.

British Library knocked offline by weekend cyberattack
2023-10-31 18:58

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.

Cybersecurity snafu sends British Library back to the Dark Ages
2023-10-31 14:16

Internet, phone lines, websites, and more went down on Saturday morning The British Library has confirmed to The Register that a "cyber incident" is the cause of a "major" multi-day IT outage.…

British boffins say aircraft could fly on trash, cutting pollution debt by 80%
2023-10-17 07:30

Sustainable aviation fuels made from sources other than fossil fuels have the potential to reduce emissions by up to 80 percent, UK researchers have found. Boffins from the National Centre for Atmospheric Science and the University of Manchester testing various blends of traditional jet fuel and SAF said preliminary data shows that airline travel might not such a guilty trip over pollution due to more efficient engine controls.

BBC, British Airways, Boots hit with hackers’ ultimatum after suffering MOVEit supply-chain attack
2023-06-09 21:34

British Airways, BBC and Boots have all been served an ultimatum after they were hit with a supply-chain attack by the ransomware group Clop. In February 2023, Clop claimed responsibility for a supply-chain attack that affected more than 130 organizations, including data belonging to CHS Healthcare patients.