The British Library has confirmed that a cyberattack in October led to a leak of employee data.
The attack, which took place on October 31, also caused the library's website to be down for almost a month.
Ransomware group Rhysida claims to be behind the attack and says it will auction stolen data.
The cyber gang claims the price of the data, which includes passport scans, has been set at 20 Bitcoin (£596,459).
The British Library, the UK's largest library, published on 'a ransomware attack, we are aware that some of the data has been leaked. This appears to come from our internal HR files. compromised", and he did not confirm that the data being auctioned belongs to British Library employees.
A National Cyber spokesperson Security Center (NCSC) said.
The British Library has confirmed that a cyberattack in October led to a leak of employee data.
The attack, which took place on October 31, also caused the library's website to be down for almost a month.
Ransomware group Rhysida claims to be behind the attack and says it will auction stolen data.
The cyber gang claims the price of the data, which includes passport scans, has been set at 20 Bitcoin (£596,459).
The British Library, the UK's largest library, published on 'a ransomware attack, we are aware that some of the data has been leaked. This appears to come from our internal HR files. compromised", and he did not confirm that the data being auctioned belongs to British Library employees.
A National Cyber spokesperson Security Center (NCSC) said.
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