--- title: New York's Queens Public Library battles ransomware... description: Queens Public Library in New York is battling a ransomware attack that has knocked out its website, on-site computers, checkout and return machines, public... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/new-york-s-queens-public-library-battles-ransomware-crims-wi-fi-checkouts-and-website-go-dark-seqaj26k0 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: New York's Queens Public Library battles ransomware crims: Wi-Fi, checkouts, and website go dark | daily.dev og:description: Queens Public Library in New York is battling a ransomware attack that has knocked out its website, on-site computers, checkout and return machines, public... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/new-york-s-queens-public-library-battles-ransomware-crims-wi-fi-checkouts-and-website-go-dark-seqaj26k0 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/SeQaj26K0.png og:image:alt: New York's Queens Public Library battles ransomware crims: Wi-Fi, checkouts, and website go dark og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # New York's Queens Public Library battles ransomware crims: Wi-Fi, checkouts, and website go dark **[The Register](https://daily.dev/sources/theregister)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Queens Public Library in New York is battling a ransomware attack that has knocked out its website, on-site computers, checkout and return machines, public Wi-Fi, mobile app, and digital media services. Renewals are also down, though the library doesn't charge late fines. All three branches remain open, but QPL warns full network restoration will take time. No ransomware group has claimed responsibility yet. The British Library faced a 2023 Rhysida ransomware attack, where it refused to pay a 20 Bitcoin ransom and spent millions rebuilding its IT, a recovery still not complete as of its 2025/26 annual report. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What happened in the Queens Public Library ransomware attack? A ransomware attack took down the Queens Public Library's website, on-site computers, checkout and return machines, public Wi-Fi, mobile app, and digital media services. Renewals were also unavailable, though the library does not charge late fines. All three branches stayed open while IT worked to restore systems, and no ransomware group had claimed responsibility. _Public-sector IT teams tracking ransomware incidents like this follow breaking security coverage on daily.dev._ ### How long did it take the British Library to recover from its 2023 ransomware attack? The British Library's recovery from the 2023 Rhysida ransomware attack was still incomplete as of its 2025/26 annual report published in July, with work ongoing to restore customers' ability to purchase electronic resources and reopen electronic legal deposit access. The library expected this to be completed by the end of 2026 after refusing to pay a 20 Bitcoin ransom and spending millions on an IT rebuild. _Anyone weighing how long a ransomware recovery really takes can follow incident postmortems like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Berlin refused to pay. 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