The Rhysida ransomware gang has claimed responsibility for the cyberattack on the British Library in October, which has caused a major ongoing IT outage.
Rhysida is auctioning off the data it stole from the United Kingdom’s national library systems. The gang is accepting bids from interested parties over the next seven days.
The gang states that they sell only to one hand, and no reselling. The ransomware group also leaked a low-resolution screenshot of what looks like ID scans stolen from the library’s compromised system.
The FBI and CISA warned of Rhysida’s opportunistic attacks targeting organizations across a broad range of industry sectors.
Threat actors leveraging Rhysida ransomware are known to impact ‘targets of opportunity,’ including victims in the education, healthcare, manufacturing, information technology, and government sectors.
A leak of HR documents stolen from the British Library was also confirmed by the library’s press office, which warned users to reset their passwords as a precautionary measure.
However, the UK’s national library has yet to find evidence that the attackers have gained access to other information during the incident.
The library recommends as a precautionary measure that if users have a password for British Library services that they also use elsewhere, they should change it.
The library estimates that it will restore many of its services within the next few weeks, but some disruptions might persist for an extended period.
The library’s website sees an annual influx of over 11 million visitors, while its collections are accessed daily by more than 16,000 individuals onsite and online.
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