BPL says hackers took out some of its online systems

Some Boston Public Library online systems, arsenic good arsenic public-access computers are offline for the 3rd consecutive time contiguous owed to what officials are calling a "cybersecurity attack" and efforts to plug immoderate holes fto the onslaught to happen.

In a statement, BPL says:

On Wednesday morning, 8/25, the Boston Public Library experienced a systemwide method outage owed to a cybersecurity attack, pausing nationalist machine and nationalist printing services, arsenic good arsenic immoderate online resources. Affected systems were taken offline immediately, and proactive steps were taken to isolate the occupation and shutdown web communication. There is presently nary grounds that delicate worker oregon patron information has been disclosed.

The room is moving with the Mayor’s Department of Innovation and Technology and instrumentality enforcement officials to code the cybersecurity attack. The Library’s IT section is moving connected restoring each exertion services, and successful the meantime, each locations volition stay open, patrons volition inactive beryllium capable to cheque retired books, and immoderate online services stay operational. This is an ongoing concern and the room volition update patrons and unit astir services and impacts connected its website.

Officials accidental portion of their enactment present is to fig retired however to support this from happening again.