Cyber Crime

Malware attack took down 600 computers at Volusia County Public Library

System supporting libraries in Volusia County were hit by a cyber attack, the incident took down 600 computers at Volusia County Public Library (VCPL) branches.

600 staff and public access computers were taken down at Volusia County Public Library (VCPL) branches in Daytona Beach, Florida, following a cyberattack. The attack started around 7 AM on January  9, 2020.

“The county’s technology staff were immediately notified and coordinated recovery efforts with library staff,” reads the official statement.

“Approximately 50 computers are back online, enabling library staff to perform patron business, such as checking books in and out, and making reservations.”

The library did not disclose the family of malware that infected its system, but experts believe that the computers were infected with ransomware.

The good news is that the cyber attack did not affect the ordinary operations of the Volusia County Public Library, the website of the library was not impacted too. Public Wi-Fi in the library was also not impacted by the attack, according to the statement, “the public is able to safely use Wi-Fi within the libraries on personal devices.”

As a result of the incident, the computers at the library were not able to surf the web.

“The county is conducting an investigation and more information will be available at a later date,” VCPL staff also said.

“Some Californian libraries are also affected by a ransomware attack that encrypted computers at 26 community libraries in Contra Costa County on January 3.” reported BleepingComputer.

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Pierluigi Paganini

(SecurityAffairs – Volusia County Library, hacking)

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Pierluigi Paganini

Pierluigi Paganini is member of the ENISA (European Union Agency for Network and Information Security) Threat Landscape Stakeholder Group and Cyber G7 Group, he is also a Security Evangelist, Security Analyst and Freelance Writer. Editor-in-Chief at "Cyber Defense Magazine", Pierluigi is a cyber security expert with over 20 years experience in the field, he is Certified Ethical Hacker at EC Council in London. The passion for writing and a strong belief that security is founded on sharing and awareness led Pierluigi to find the security blog "Security Affairs" recently named a Top National Security Resource for US. Pierluigi is a member of the "The Hacker News" team and he is a writer for some major publications in the field such as Cyber War Zone, ICTTF, Infosec Island, Infosec Institute, The Hacker News Magazine and for many other Security magazines. Author of the Books "The Deep Dark Web" and “Digital Virtual Currency and Bitcoin”.

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