“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 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 says the recovery will cost at least £6.0 million - Copyright AFP/File Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV The British Library says the recovery will cost at ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

A vast £1.1 billion extension of the British Library is to go ahead after the project secured the backing of Japanese ...

The British Library confirmed that a ransomware attack is behind a major outage that is still affecting services across several locations. Over 11 million visitors use the library's website annually, ...

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 ...