Vatican enlists bots to protect library from onslaught of hackers
Apostolic Library, facing 100 threats a month, wants to ensure readers can trust digitised records of its historical treasures
by Harriet Sherwood
Nov 08, 2020
3 minutes
Ancient intellects are now being guarded by artificial intelligence following moves to protect one of the most extraordinary collections of historical manuscripts and documents in the world from cyber-attacks.
The , which holds 80,000 documents of immense importance and immeasurable value, including the oldest surviving copy of the Bible and drawings and writings from Michelangelo and Galileo, has partnered with a cyber-security firm to defend its ambitious digitisation project against criminals.
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