Kensington and Chelsea confirms IT outage was a data breach after all

Kensington and Chelsea Council has admitted that data was quietly lifted from its systems during last week's cyber meltdown, confirming that the outage was not just an IT faceplant but a bona fide data breach. The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC), which last week 'fessed up to a cybersecurity incident that had …

[Fruit and Nutcase]

dodgy charges

"for example a parking permit" – should double-check their bank and card details and keep an eye out for anything dodgy.

I think that is sterling advice especially where parking charges are concerned - councils and their cohorts in the parking industry give the Mafia a good name

[MrGreen]

Re: dodgy charges

You’re not wrong.

Westminster Council make about £70 million a year in parking fines.

[ChrisElvidge]

Re: dodgy charges

Still, the council is urging residents and service users ..... should double-check their bank and card details and keep an eye out for anything dodgy.

Why are the councils keeping bank and bank card details after the completed transaction? If it is/was still needed, data should be encrypted.

[Anonymous Coward]

We've got our best people on the job.

Yeah, that's the problem...

[Richard 12]

"Historical data"

As opposed to what, future data?

[IGotOut]

Historical Data.

They only took information from the Doomsday book to the day we shut the barn door.