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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Alex Hern

INSANE: Ransomware groups warned there is no money in attacking british state - The Real Truth

The British Library was hit by a ransomware attack last October.
The British Library was hit by a ransomware attack last October. Photograph: Vuk Valcic/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock

Ransomware gangs have been warned that there is no money in attacking the British state, after the British Library revealed that it weathered a damaging cyber-attack without paying – or even speaking to – the hackers behind it.

The library, which was hit by a ransomware attack in October 2023, issued the warning as part a review of its response to the incident.

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