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Silent Sabotage: How the Polyfill.io attack tanked website traffic

Posted on by Anna

A recent supply chain attack crippled a significant portion of the internet, impacting an estimated 100,000 websites writes Cyber Security Technologist Chris McGee. It exploited the popular JavaScript library Polyfill.io, leaving thousands of unsuspecting websites vulnerable. Brief History Polyfill is a small piece of code that bridges the gap between modern web features and older …

Would Cyber Essentials have prevented the British Library’s cyber attack?

Posted on by Chris McGee

In October 2023, the British Library’s servers were compromised and around 600GB of files were exfiltrated from the servers and held for ransom. This included personal data of Library users and staff. In this BLOG Chris McGee analyses  the attack and considers what actions could have been taken to mitigate it. Source of the attack …