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Last year 72% of demands to censor books were initiated by pressure groups and government entities; with just 16% of ban attempts made by parentsA large majority of attempts to ban books in the US last year came from organised groups rather than parent…
The future of cybercrime resembles an arms race between an industry of hackers-for-hire and the UK’s weak defences It is not quite accurate to say that the cyber-attack against the British Library took place on 28 October 2023. Most probably, Rhysida, …
The Internet can be a creepy place and it keeps getting creepier. Here’s why.
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Gang thought to be from Russia or CIS has attacked companies and institutions in several countriesA new name was added to the cyber-rogues’ gallery of ransomware gangs this week after a criminal group called Rhysida claimed responsibility for an attack…
Ransomware group Rhysida claims responsibility for hack and has posted images from library’s HR filesThe British Library has confirmed that personal data stolen in a cyber-attack has appeared online, apparently for sale to the highest bidder.The attack…
Library photographs and uploads its entire collection of manuscripts by author of The Canterbury Tales The entire collection of Geoffrey Chaucer’s works held by the British Library is being made available in digital format after the completion of a tw…
The publisher’s $10,000 Freedom of Expression prize invites teens to write about a banned book that changed their life, against a backdrop of rising censorshipPublisher Penguin Random House has launched a new writing award in the US celebrating freedo…
Library service schemes to offer free, heated space, which began last year in response to the cost of living crisis, will resume at the end of OctoberMost libraries in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will again offer “warm banks” this winter as cos…
Appeal follows emptying of shelves in apparent misunderstanding at ‘fill a bag with books for £1’ eventVolunteers at Batley library who watched helplessly as the shelves were emptied in a book sale misunderstanding are urging those who took books to co…
Volunteer says some people decided ‘all stock was available to take’ despite his protestations at West Yorkshire eventA £1 book sale at a town library was “sabotaged” when people filled their bags with dozens of library books.The fill-a-bag sale at Bat…