The Toronto Public Library is warning that many of its online services are offline after suffering a cyberattack over the weekend, on Saturday, October 28. TPL is Canada's largest public library system, giving people access to 12 million books through 100 branch libraries across Toronto. The announcement clarifies that library branches remain open and operate according to the published schedule, so people may continue to borrow and return books as usual. WiFi access on the branches remains available, and telephone lines are operational. TPL's announcement does not provide any details on the type of cybersecurity incident that they suffered but mentions that there's currently no evidence that staff or customers have had their data exposed as a result. The organization underlines its quick response, the result of robust, proactive security measures, and requests patience, as complete system restoration might take a while. "TPL has proactively prepared for cybersecurity issues and promptly initiated measures to mitigate potential impacts," reads the announcement. "We do anticipate though that it may take several days before all systems are fully restored to normal operations." By the time of writing, no ransomware actors had taken responsibility for the attack on TPL's systems. Canadian firms and organizations have been the target of quite a few cyberattacks recently that have impacted service availability and raised concerns about potential data breaches. Last week, an IT outage impacted five hospitals in Ontario, which led to rescheduling appointments for later dates and redirecting non-emergency cases to alternative institutions. Earlier this month, the BianLian ransomware gang took responsibility for the September attack on Air Canada, threatening to leak 210GB of sensitive data on their extortion portal. In June 2023, Petro-Canada gas station locations nationwide were impacted by a cyberattack that prevented customers from paying with credit cards and deactivated the rewards system. Cyberattack on health services provider impacts 5 Canadian hospitals. Hackers email stolen student data to parents of Nevada school district. Chilean telecom giant GTD hit by the Rorschach ransomware gang. Ransomware isn't going away - the problem is only getting worse. 1Password discloses security incident linked to Okta breach.
This Cyber News was published on www.bleepingcomputer.com. Publication date: Thu, 30 Nov 2023 23:19:27 +0000