SEATTLE — Nearly two months after a cyberattack on the Seattle Public Library (SPL), cardholders will now be able to return physical items at their convenience. The library system went offline at the ...

A sign on an entrance to the Broadview branch of Seattle Public Library after a cybersecurity incident in May. (GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser) In its latest update about the ransomware attack that ...

SEATTLE — The Seattle Public Library (SPL) restored its Wi-Fi Wednesday, approximately 1.5 months after a ransomware attack forced the system to take down its online services. The cyber attack ...

Seattle Public Library is still awaiting restoration of some of its digital and in-person services, after a ransomware attack late last month forced them offline. As of Monday morning, patrons are not ...

The Seattle Public Library expects to pay $1 million out of their own pocket responding to a ransomware attack that shut down internet access, public computers, and in-person checkouts to all ...

Seattle Public Library says it had a record number of active library users in 2025, according to its newly published impact report for the year. That record number? 430,000. Thats ...

SEATTLE — The Seattle Public Library will be working on restoring staff access to the library’s network almost a month after it experienced a ransomware attack. The scheduled recovery work will take ...

Despite the one-two punch of a ransomware attack over Memorial Day weekend — then the Crowdstrike software outage last week — Seattle Public Library will be back to normal soon. Charles Wesley, the ...

Seattle Public Library says it took 90 days to recover from a ransomware attack that struck over Memorial Day weekend, resulting in recovery costs surpassing $1 million. During the attack, officials ...

SEATTLE — All locations of The Seattle Public Library will be closed on Thursday, May 1, for the library's annual in-service day dedicated to systemwide staff training and team-building, the SPL ...

The Seattle Public Library loves to promote books and reading. This column was submitted by the library to highlight local checkout trends. Find out more at spl.org. It’s always fascinating to compile ...