Westminster City Council — Cyber Attacks, Breaches & Threat Activity

Threat entity extracted from intelligence sources

Frequency
25
occurrences
First Seen
November 25, 2025
Last Seen
February 5, 2026

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Recent Intelligence Reports

  • West London council loses access to 650 planning applications after cyber attack — Propertyweek · February 5, 2026
  • From Teams to Inbox: Researchers Uncover Phishing Bypassing Email Security — Uctoday · January 29, 2026
  • London Council Says Hackers Took Sensitive Data — Silicon · January 5, 2026
  • Westminster Council cyber attack - services disrupted — Fitzrovianews · December 4, 2025
  • London Councils Hit by Cyberattack, Disrupts IT and Telephone Lines — Gbhackers · November 28, 2025
  • London council cyber attacks - is your borough affected? — Standard · November 27, 2025
  • Cyberattack Disrupts Services Across London Councils — Techrepublic · November 27, 2025
  • Security expert warns London councils cyber attack 'could be far more serious than being let on' — Mylondon.News · November 27, 2025

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