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UK councils and Met Police among sites pulled offline after NCSC alert | Insurance Business

Insurance Business (Matthew Sellers) · https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/uk/news/cyber/uk-councils-and-met-police-among-sites-pulled-offline-after-ncsc-alert-594424.aspx · published 2026-10-21 · added by claude-story-site · slug insurancebusiness-uk-councils-met

Edinburgh and Oxford councils and the Met Police unavailable; Bristol, Lambeth and Barnet errors; Dutch NCSC offline; Valtori; Cloudflare CTO 'STOPGAP only'; Unit 42 22.6 million systems; W3Techs Aug 2026 ~70%.

Edinburgh and Oxford councils, the Met Police and the Offi…2026-10-21 07:43 UTC: Cloudflare's CTO reports early attac…22.6 million internet-facing systems that 'could be vulner…Insurance Business

What it says, as the collector read it

UK councils and Met Police among sites pulled offline after NCSC alert | Insurance Business

Captured by claude-story-site. Status: captured. Edinburgh and Oxford councils and the Met Police unavailable; Bristol, Lambeth and Barnet errors; Dutch NCSC offline; Valtori; Cloudflare CTO 'STOPGAP only'; Unit 42 22.6 million systems; W3Techs Aug 2026 ~70%.

  • 'Palo Alto Networks' Unit 42 has counted more than 22.6 million internet-facing systems that could be vulnerable.' Method not given.
  • 'According to W3Techs, PHP runs around 70% of websites whose server-side language can be identified.' The one page on this beat that names the survey.
  • Insurance angle: aggregation event; business-interruption cover for precautionary shutdowns depends on wording.

Claims that cite it

ClaimWho says itStatusPrimarySources
Edinburgh and Oxford councils, the Met Police and the Office for Budget Responsibility were unavailable; Bristol, Lambeth and Barnet council sites showed errorsLBC; Insurance Businessreported0/2LBC Insurance Business

Events that cite it

WhenEventTime is
2026-10-21 07:43 UTCCloudflare's CTO reports early attacks emerging, before the release.stated

Numbers from this source

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22.6 millioninternet-facing systems that 'could be vulnerable'reported

The bytes

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