"The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC) in Greater London is in the process of contacting households across the borough after establishing in December that personal data on thousands of residents was stolen in a cyber attack on shared systems operated by the council. Over a month after the incident, several services remain disrupted or are operating in a limited capacity."
"Residents may experience longer service response times, difficulties with revenue or benefits processing and delays to payments and Direct Debits, and issues with housing and social care. RBKC did not reveal the precise nature of the data it knows to have been exfiltrated, but council leader Elizabeth Campbell told the BBC that RBKC was being proactive in informing people who may be potential victims."
""We decided to go out immediately and say to people this is what's happened, this data has been copied and it has been taken and you should be aware therefore you are at risk," she said. "We are now going through all the documentation to see if there are specific places where we know that someone's been at risk - and then we will contact them directly.""
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC) confirmed that personal data on thousands of residents was stolen in a December cyber attack on shared council systems. More than a month after the incident, multiple services remain disrupted or are operating in a reduced capacity, affecting housing, social care, revenue and benefits processing, and payments including Direct Debits. RBKC is contacting households and reviewing documentation to identify individuals at specific risk so they can be contacted directly. Residents are being advised to follow National Cyber Security Centre guidance, ignore unsolicited links or attachments, and scrutinise requests for financial or personal information.
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