The British Museum has been pressured to shut a few of their galleries after a disgruntled ex-employee tried to get revenge and shut down IT techniques after he was fired, a spokesperson has mentioned.
The museum mentioned police had arrested a former IT contractor who was dismissed final week.
A spokesperson mentioned: ‘An IT contractor who was dismissed final week trespassed into the museum and shut down a number of of our techniques.
‘We’re working exhausting to get the museum again to being absolutely operational however with remorse our momentary exhibitions have been closed at the moment and can stay so over the weekend.’
A part of the museum’s everlasting assortment was additionally closed on Friday following the incident.
A message on the museum’s web site said that it was ‘open however on account of an IT infrastructure concern some galleries have needed to be closed’.
It added this meant ‘capability can be restricted, and precedence can be given to members and pre-booked ticketholders’.
The incident is the newest embarrassing safety lapse for the museum after allegations emerged in 2023 {that a} former worker was suspected of promoting gadgets stolen from its huge assortment.
About 1,800 objects have been disclosed as lacking or stolen in August 2023.
The museum dismissed a workers member suspected of involvement in what it referred to as ‘an inside job’, and alerted police who’ve interviewed an individual however made no arrests.
A whole lot of the gadgets have since been recovered.
Following a furore round that scandal, Hartwig Fischer, the director of the museum on the time, resigned.
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After a short lived head was appointed, Nicholas Cullinan – who was beforehand accountable for the Nationwide Portrait Gallery – took over the position final yr.
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