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“We have engaged with third-party cybersecurity experts to help us in resolving this situation.

Whats more, public computers and printing services were also rendered unavailable.

Ransomware

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Everyone else got locked out.

TPL shut down all remaining systems as a precaution.

At the time, there was no evidence of personal information being stolen.

However, a source told BleepingComputer that TPLs main servers werent encrypted.

The publication also obtained a screenshot of the ransom note, which apparently came from Black Basta.

TPL is Canadas largest public library with a $200+ million annual budget.

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