British Library hailed by UK cyber agency for its response to ransomware attack

The interim head of Britain’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) said the British Library “should be applauded” for refusing to pay an extortion fee to the criminals behind a ransomware attack last year. The British Library — the national library of the United Kingdom and an archive of millions of books and manuscripts —

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