“If we can’t, we’re going to have to rebuild the system from scratch. We won’t have to go back and re-scan every single book in the system because we have some listed on other files, so we won’t have to start from zero – but we won’t be starting far from zero either,” he said.
In a complication, Edwards said school IT workers were backing up the library server files to an external hard drive when the attack occurred. This resulted in the back-up also being corrupted.
Regarding thwarting potential future hacking attempts, Edwards said, “We’ve had several conversations about really looking into where any and all of our vulnerabilities are at. This really makes you reevaluate computer security – it’s been an eye-opener.”
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This, I think, should
This, I think, should serve as a warning to other libraries so as to put in appropriate secure measures in place and be on guard. This article should be distributed widely so that many librarians will be aware of such unwanted danger.