[GTALUG] Toronto Public Library website

[Alvin Starr]

On 2023-11-08 11:35, Karen Lewellen via talk wrote:
> speaking personally?
> It probably was.
> My reasoning comes from a rather disturbing exchange I had with an 
> employee about the sites  lack of inclusive design.
> The sense I got is that those in charge took a lets  build things with 
> lots of third party input based on what is the latest trend.
> instead of building a solid secure, progressive enhancement based floor.
> Articles I saw on the cp24 site hinted that likely some staffer 
> downloaded a file or opened an attachment.
> if you trust your  computer foundations to third parties, again 
> speaking personally, then you cannot swiftly put things back together.
> Just my 2 cents,
> Kare
>
In the libraries defense.
Lots of bigger and supposedly more secure organizations have been hit by 
ransomware attacks.

Phishing is getting more and more sophisticated and all it takes is a 
momentary lapse.

>
>
> On Wed, 8 Nov 2023, Warren McPherson via talk wrote:
>
>> What is going on with the library website?
>> There was a CBC article that said there was a ransomware attack, but 
>> it's
>> been down for a week and it's hard to imagine why it would take so 
>> long to
>> recover unless their infrastructure was much weaker than I would expect.
>>
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