Dear Pressbooks users,

We are pleased to advise you that the cybersecurity incident affecting BCcampus Pressbooks site, which was first identified on February 24, has been fully resolved.

What Happened:

The incident involved an overwhelming amount of traffic to pressbooks.bccampus.ca and opentextbc.ca causing intermittent access to the sites. Our response team worked swiftly to deal with the issue.

Resolution Actions Taken:

• Identified the root cause of the incident
• Conducted thorough security assessments and improved resilience of Pressbooks services to such traffic spikes
• Restored viewing and editing access to pressbooks.bccampus.ca and opentextbc.ca

Next Steps:

We recommend that you download offline copies of books from opentextbc.ca and pressbooks.bccampus.ca in case access is ever suspended. If you are a Pressbooks author, we recommended making export files available for download so your users don't lose access during an outage. We also encourage you to take virtual snapshots of books you are interested in by using web.archive.org.

For ongoing updates and resources, please visit this page: Pressbooks Cybersecurity Incident.

Thank you for your patience, understanding, and continued trust throughout this process. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at support@bccampus.ca.

Sincerely,

BCcampus Open Team and BCcampus Support