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

Insurance Business (Matthew Sellers): what it says, the claims and events that cite it, and the hashes of every captured file.

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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](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%.

## 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

| Claim | Who says it | Status | Primary | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edinburgh and Oxford councils, the Met Police and the Office for Budget Responsibility were unavailable; Bristol, Lambeth and Barnet council sites showed errors | LBC; Insurance Business | reported | 0/2 | [LBC](../../sources/lbc-uk-websites-offline/index.html) [Insurance Business](../../sources/insurancebusiness-uk-councils-met/index.html) |

## Events that cite it

| When | Event | Time is |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-21 07:43 UTC | Cloudflare's CTO reports early attacks emerging, before the release. | stated |

### Numbers from this source

| Figure | Of | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 22.6 million | internet-facing systems that 'could be vulnerable' | reported |

## The bytes
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