Oxford City Council: 'a precaution because of a worldwide issue with the underlying technology and is not a cyber incident'

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The quoted words are verbatim in the @OxfordCity post embedded in the East Anglian Daily Times (PA) capture, but not in the cited Oxford Chronicle, which only paraphrases ("a precautionary response to a worldwide technology problem rather than a cyber incident"). One capture carries the exact words, so A2.

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1. 2026-10-21Oxford Chronicle publishes Oxfordshire council websites offline amid critical global security issue | Oxford Chronicle
2. 2026-10-22 11:29 UTCSaved into the evidence vault: Oxford Chronicle
3. 2026-10-22Enters this site as reported in v0.2.0 (reconstructed from git)

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Oxford City Council: 'a precaution because of a worldwide issue with the underlying technology and is not a cyber incident'
Who says it: the council's social post, via Oxford Chronicle
Status: reported
Topic: impact
Sources: oxfordchronicle-councils-offline