alt Hacker NewsThat's a somewhat naive take, ransomware attacks have been launched in the past against many organizations that spend a lot on security such as the Dodd Group, various airports, healthcare providers, and energy infrastructure. The Ukraine war has shown that virtually nothing is secure against dedicated attacks, all kinds of government sites, satellite communications, and even live TV programming have been attacked successfully by both sides. In the war, the attacks are more destructive, but the same techniques for entry could also be used by ransomware.
Libraries also have a extremely difficult task, they have complex, bespoke/customized older technology backends.
Their systems are largely open to the public, their computer spaces might be the only computer some have access to. There was a time when the advice about a dodgy file was to just open it at the library computer.
Much of their staff might be outreach hires and so limited/no workexperience that might have endured corporate training around information governance or cyber security.
And they do that on a budget where they can't afford shoe strings.