An IT incident that disrupted visitor access to the British Museum last week was the work of a disgruntled contractor who had been let go.

The museum says that a recently dismissed contractor was was able to get back into the building and shut down several systems chrisdorney via Adobe Stock The British Museum is once again ...

The British Museum said it had closed a number of exhibits after a fired IT contractor "shut ... The museum dismissed a staff member suspected of involvement in what it called "an inside job" and ...

LONDON (AP) — The British Museum, the country’s most popular tourist attraction, was partially closed to the public on Saturday after an employee who had been fired broke in and shut down ...

LONDON - The British Museum said Jan 25 it had been forced to ... staff member suspected of involvement in what it called “an inside job”, and alerted police who have interviewed a person ...

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