2 posts tagged ‘public sector’
Cyberattack targeting UK councils causes online disruption
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Three councils in the United Kingdom have taken some of their public-facing systems offline due to an ongoing cybersecurity issue. Canterbury City Council, Dover District Council, and Thanet District Council, three local authorities based in the county of Kent, said jointly on Friday that they “are investigating a cyber incident” that has disrupted online services […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
British Library confirms data stolen during ransomware attack
The British Library, the national library of the United Kingdom and one of the world’s largest libraries, has confirmed that a ransomware attack led to the theft of internal data. In late October, the British Library first disclosed it was experiencing an unspecified cybersecurity incident that caused a “major technology outage” across its sites in […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.