<div dir="ltr"><i>From this week's OPLIN 4Cast:</i><div><br></div><div>

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:300;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">"Two separate news items about hacking intrusions have caused me to lose sleep this week. The attacks weren’t against public libraries, but both are against organizations that are enough like public libraries to signal that it’s increasingly likely that one of us will fall victim (as libraries in<span> </span></span><a href="https://threatpost.com/st-louis-public-library-recovers-from-ransomware-attack/123297/" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:navy">St. Louis</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:300;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><span> </span>and<span> </span></span><a href="https://www.scmagazine.com/spartanburg-sc-library-system-hit-with-ransomware-attack/article/740721/" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:navy">Spartanburg</a> <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:300;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">already have).</span> "</div><div><br></div><div><b><i>Read the rest of "Ransomware is a real threat to libraries" at <a href="https://4cast.oplin.org/?p=6883">https://4cast.oplin.org/?p=6883</a></i></b><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">-- <br><b>Laura Solomon, MCIW, MLS</b><br>
<i>Library Services Manager,</i> Ohio Public Library Information Network (OPLIN)<br>
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