Cyber attack sparks extra security at Portsmouth council

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Cyber attack sparks extra security at Portsmouth council
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Hackers target the websites of organisations across the UK, including Portsmouth City Council.

A council has upped its security measures after it became one of several local authorities hit by a cyber attack.by an attack by a group calling themselves NoName057.

It caused problems for people trying to access the council's website but residents' data was not affected and the website was back online on Saturday, a council spokesman confirmed.On 28 October, NoName057 posted on X about its plans to target authorities in the UK Teams were still available to answer queries during working hours and residents could access online services and make payments on the MyPortsmouth website, according to the council.

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