2024-01-07
It's wild to me that an entire national library's database of manuscripts, books and all files basically can be so casually treated in the first place that to restore everything after a cyberattack will take over a year???
Financial Times
Source: the British Library will spend £6M-£7M, or 40% of its reserves, to recover from an October cyberattack that rendered most of its services inaccessible
Horrible as this story is, I am more shocked that GBP 6-7 M constitute a whopping 40% of the British Library's reserves. If that's the case, it's a wonder. A national treasure th...