Ransomware Confirmed: Black Basta Caused Outage at Toronto Public Library

The cyberattack on the Toronto Public Library last week was carried out by the
Black Basta ransomware operation, according to a photo shared by a TPL employee.

TPL, Canada’s largest public library, had issued a notice to inform bibliophiles
that its services had been downed by hackers
[https://www.bitdefender.com/blog/hotforsecurity/hackers-attack-toronto-public-library/]
last weekend.

The outage persists to this day, with an updated notice
[https://torontopubliclibrary.typepad.com/tpl_mainte