Dallas Public Library Director Jo Guidice said volunteers are being sought to help re-shelve thousands of books and other items that have either piled up...
City spokesperson Jennifer Brown declined to comment Friday when asked what lingering impacts from the ransomware attack remain and an updated estimate on progress. She said any new information from the city would be posted to its public website. A spokesperson for Mayor Eric Johnson did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
It also led to the library’s online catalog being taken offline, meaning books and other items could be checked out by hand but digital databases weren’t available to track them back into the system.. IT workers have had to review, clean, rebuild and restore computers and servers since the cyberattack last month, according to the city.Details on the scope of the attack, how it happened and the amount of recovery work the city has done still hasn’t been released by city officials.
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