‘People have had to move house’: Inside the British Library, two years on from devastating cyber attack

In October 2023, a major cyber attack plunged it into chaos, shutting down it’s digital systems and leaking staff details onto the dark web - (Getty)

Home to more than 170 million items, including Magna Carta, the British Library is one of the world’s largest and most impressive book collections.

However, in October 2023, a major cyber attack plunged it into chaos, shutting down its digital systems and resulting in the leaking of staff details onto the dark web.