Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Course of Empire. Destruction, 1836. “I think they’ve just given up,” said a friend, an academic specialising in esoteric ...

When a shadowy cybercrime gang attacked the British Library last month, the institution was plunged back into the dark ages. Suddenly, it found itself locked out of its website and digital catalogue.

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 ...

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, 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 ...

When Oscar Wilde was jailed for "gross indecency," a charge historically used to criminalize gay sex, his library card was revoked. 130 years later, the British Library has re-issued it. Sponsor ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 42 finalists for The British Book Awards 2026 Library of the Year have been revealed, spanning the UK and Ireland.

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 ...