20 February 2026

Kashif Nazir, Technical Manager, Cloudhouse

On 28 October 2023, staff arriving at the British Library discovered a catastrophe unfolding. Key systems were encrypted, servers were offline, and digital catalogues had vanished. By mid-morning, the crisis management plan was invoked and the National Cyber Security Centre was engaged. One of the world's most prestigious cultural institutions – custodian of over 170 million items spanning three millennia – had fallen victim to a sophisticated ransomware attack.

More than two years after the attack, full restoration continues with some services still scheduled for recovery. This isn't just another cybersecurity cautionary tale. It's a story about what happens when decades of technical debt collide with modern threats and when structural vulnerabilities endemic across the sector finally come home to roost. Most importantly, it's a roadmap that every library, archive, museum, and university needs to study before facing their own reckoning.

20 February 2026

STULZ has launched an upgraded version of its pioneering CyberRack Active Rear Door, building on the success of the previous model. This advanced rear-mounted heat exchanger features electronically commutated (EC) fans that efficiently capture heat directly at its source, offering a space-saving solution for high-density data center cooling.

Designed for both air and liquid-cooled environments, the new CyberRack Active Rear Door boasts improved performance, increased flexibility, and simplified integration. Equipped with integrated sensors that continuously monitor return and supply air temperatures within individual server racks, the system adjusts cooling output automatically to match fluctuating server heat loads. This ensures consistent, efficient, and reliable operation even during workload spikes.