New FCC Pilot Shores Up Security for K-12, Libraries

The article details how the Seattle Public Library is slowly restoring services following a ransomware attack that disabled patron accounts and core services, frames this as part of a broader trend of cyberattacks on libraries and schools (including a long recovery at the British Library), and describes the FCC’s new three-year, up-to-$200M Schools and Libraries Cybersecurity Pilot Program to fund advanced security controls and support for under-resourced institutions.