Report: “Cybersecurity Attack on Seattle Public Library Impacts Multiple Tech Systems and Online Services”

UPDATE 6 (June 25, 2024) Seattle Public Library Begins Network Restoration After ‘Ransomware Event’  (via KOMO News)

UPDATE 5 (June 13, 2024) E-Book Access Will Return to Seattle Public Library System Today After Ransomware Attack (via Seattle Times)

UPDATE 4 (June 12, 2024): Seattle Public Library’s Wi-Fi Troubles Persist After Ransomware Attack (via Seattle Times)

UPDATE 3 (June 7, 2024): Seattle Public Library System Still Down Two Weeks After Cyber Attack (via KING 5)

UPDATE 3 (June 3, 2024): Some Seattle Public Library Services Still Unavailable After Cyberattack (via Seattle Times)

UPDATE 2 (May 29, 2024): Seattle Public Library Says It’s Restored Some Online Services (via West Seattle Blog) & More Updated Coverage From Seattle Times

UPDATE 1: Seattle Public Library Goes Offline After Ransomware Event (via Seattle Times)

“Privacy and security of patron and employee information are top priorities,” the library said in its statement. “We are an organization that prides itself on providing you answers, and we are sorry that the information we can share is limited.”

The library had planned to take its systems offline from Saturday night to Monday night for planned maintenance. The systems were supposed to be back up Tuesday, but they remain offline due to the ransomware event.

The library said it has contracted with forensic specialists and contacted law enforcement and took all of its systems offline to investigate. All of the systems will remain offline until the library can ensure that they’re secure, according to the statement.

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From Geekwire:

The Seattle Public Library was dealing with what it called a “ransomware event” impacting its technology systems on Tuesday, causing disruptions to a number of online services offered by the Library.

In a post on the Shelf Talk Blog, the Library detailed the cybersecurity attack which started in the early morning hours Saturday as the organization was preparing to take its systems offline for planned maintenance during the holiday weekend.

The attack affected access to staff and public computers, online catalog and loaning systems, e-books and e-audiobooks, in-building Wi-Fi, and the Library website, which was still offline Tuesday morning.

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