This article states that people's personal data was recently stolen in a British Library cyberattack, it has come to their attention that the data stolen is now for sale online. This attack happened in October 2023, and it was done by a group called Rhysida which is known for such criminal activity, said by the library. The group Rhysida has actually claimed responsibility for the attack and has publicly posted images of the library's HR files. The data that's being sold has a starting bid of 20 bitcoins (about £596,000). This week, the library has suggested that any of its users change their login information, and they are still investigating this system to prevent this issue from happening in the future. Some other security suggestions I have would be users logging in to the computers as a guest user if they don't need to log in to anything, all users using two-factor authentication, and users being cautious of what information they are putting in public computers. 

Source Evaluation

• Published by: Harriet Sherwood Arts and culture correspondent

• Where was it published: theguardian.com

• When was it published: Nov 22, 2023 at 07:40 EST

• The Truthfulness and integrity of the facts: Seems accurate, from a reliable website, multiple other articles were found speaking on this cyberattack. 

• How it's written and presented: includes ads, article is made to inform, update, and warn people.

• Links and Citations: Library cyber-attack, British Library, Carried out in October, London, threat posed by Rhysida, following our advice.

This article speaks about Toyota's Financial Services Systems that were forced offline through a Cyberattack. This attack was on its European and African financial services department, they said that they recently identified unauthorized activity on systems in a limited number of its locations. Toyota is still recovering from this attack. A ransomware group called Medusa has claimed responsibility for the incident claiming that they have stolen data and is giving Toyota 10 days to pay $8 million dollars. A cyber security expert noted on X that Toyota's internet-accessible systems are vulnerable to the "Cixtrix Bleed" vulnerability that has affected multiple organizations and governments in the last month. I think this should cause Toyota to work harder to create and use less vulnerable systems to prevent this from occurring in the future.

Source Evaluation

• Published by: Michael Hill

• Where was it published: Cyber Security Hub

• When was it published: Nov 11, 2023

• The Truthfulness and integrity of the facts: Seems accurate, multiple other articles were found speaking on this cyberattack.

• How it's written and presented:  includes ads, article is made to inform, and update people.

• Links and Citations: Cyber-attack on Toyota, Cixtrix Bleed, claimed responsibility.