Calgary Public Library closures enter third day after cyber breach, with no timeline for resumption

All 22 Calgary Public Library locations remained closed on Thanksgiving Monday as a cybersecurity breach late last week forced the library system to close.

Library spokespeople told Postmedia on Monday morning that updates would be provided when available, but did not say when the next update would come.

CPL has not set a timeline for normal operations to resume. The library has paused program registrations for Tuesday and Wednesday.

CPL is Canada’s third library system that has been hacked over the past year.

Earlier this spring, a hacker demanded ransom money after obtaining data from a server used by libraries throughout British Columbia. A system manager said the leak was limited and no ransom was paid.

A similar incident also closed Toronto Public Library services last year, stranding over a million books in the sorting process and shuttering the system needed to cycle books on and off shelves.

More to come…

— With files from The Canadian Press

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