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As per news reports, the Boston Public Library came under a cyberattack earlier this week that disrupted its computer network.
In a statement the library posted on its website, no sensitive employee of patron data was stolen or affected.
Founded in 1848, the library is the oldest large municipal library in the country. The statement read: “experienced a systemwide technical outage due to a cybersecurity attack, pausing public computer and public printing services, as well as some online resources,” adding “affected systems were taken offline immediately, and proactive steps were taken to isolate the problem and shut down network communication.”
The library’s IT department is trying to restore services, and law enforcement has been contacted.
“We apologize for any inconvenience this outage may have caused patrons,” Kurt Mansperger, the library’s chief technology officer, said in a statement.
