Wyoming: Laramie County Library System Targeted by Ransomware Attack
From the Wyoming Tribune Eagle:
Early Tuesday morning, the Laramie County Library System was the victim of a ransomware attack that shut down library servers and immobilized most digital services.
The library’s Information Technology team was able to revert the system to a previous state and resume full service for library patrons by 9 a.m. The library’s IT team is confident that the purpose of the attack was to disrupt service as a way of extorting money, in the form of Bitcoin, from the library system, rather than targeting sensitive information, according to a Thursday news release.
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We at the library take cybersecurity very seriously,” LCLS Executive Director Antonia Gaona said in a news release. “But the increasing sophistication of malicious actors makes it very difficult for public institutions with limited resources to stay ahead of the curve. We will be conducting an audit of our security measures to try and prevent similar disruptions to service in the future.”
In an abundance of caution, the library is conducting a full security sweep to ensure all data are secure. Patron records are owned by the Wyoming State Library and were not compromised or accessed by the attackers.
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About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.
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