{"id":13235,"date":"2024-02-06T12:37:19","date_gmt":"2024-02-06T11:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/06\/a-shadowy-hacker-group-brought-the-british-library-to-its-knees-is-there-any-way-to-stop-them-lamorna-ash\/"},"modified":"2024-02-06T12:37:19","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T11:37:19","slug":"a-shadowy-hacker-group-brought-the-british-library-to-its-knees-is-there-any-way-to-stop-them-lamorna-ash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/06\/a-shadowy-hacker-group-brought-the-british-library-to-its-knees-is-there-any-way-to-stop-them-lamorna-ash\/","title":{"rendered":"A shadowy hacker group brought the British Library to its knees. Is there any way to stop them? | Lamorna Ash"},"content":{"rendered":"

The future of cybercrime resembles an arms race between an industry of hackers-for-hire and the UK\u2019s weak defences <\/p>\n

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 hacker gang that orchestrated the attack<\/a> and is thought to be Russian<\/a>, had already been creeping undetected through the digital territories of the British Library for months, Enrico Mariconti, a lecturer in security and crime science at UCL, told me.<\/p>\n

Once it broke through to the library\u2019s virtual private network (VPN) \u2013 the remote connection that allows employees to access its network from any location \u2013 it could in theory <\/strong>start making its way through locked door after locked door of the library\u2019s many online systems, trawling until it discovered emails and documents containing details such as employees\u2019 passport scans and work contracts. It hoped these documents might tempt a single bidder to pay 20 bitcoins (about \u00a3600,000) for privileged access to all that personal information.<\/p>\n

Lamorna Ash is the author of Dark, Salt, Clear: Life in a Cornish Fishing Town<\/p>\n

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\nThe future of cybercrime resembles an arms race between an industry of hackers-for-hire and the UK\u2019s weak defences
\nIt is not quite accurate to say that the cyber-attack against the British Library took place on 28 October 2023. Most probably, Rhysida, the hacker gang that orchestrated the attack and is thought to be Russian, had already been creeping undetected through the digital territories of the British Library for months, Enrico Mariconti, a lecturer in security and crime science at UCL, told me.
\nOnce it broke through to the library\u2019s virtual private network (VPN) \u2013 the remote connection that allows employees to access its network from any location \u2013 it could in theory start making its way through locked door after locked door of the library\u2019s many online systems, trawling until it discovered emails and documents containing details such as employees\u2019 passport scans and work contracts. It hoped these documents might tempt a single bidder to pay 20 bitcoins (about \u00a3600,000) for privileged access to all that personal information.
\nLamorna Ash is the author of Dark, Salt, Clear: Life in a Cornish Fishing Town Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The future of cybercrime resembles an arms race between an industry of hackers-for-hire and the UK\u2019s 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 hacker gang that orchestrated the attack and is thought to be Russian, had …<\/p>\n

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