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British Library pushes the cloud button, says legacy IT estate cause of hefty rebuild

ID: b52240de-a45c-5e5e-bbfa-ce47add63675

STIX ID: report--b52240de-a45c-5e5e-bbfa-ce47add63675

Feed Name: The Register (Security)

Threat Score
70/100

Date Published: 2024-03-11

Date Updated: 2026-04-26

Author: Connor Jones

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The British Library's report on the October 2023 Rhysida ransomware incident states that attackers stole ~600GB of data and destructively wiped servers, leaving many services offline for months; recovery has been hampered by legacy systems, complex network topology, funding and staffing shortfalls, and the Library is accelerating a migration to cloud-based infrastructure as part of an IT and security overhaul.

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