Multiple London councils have been hit by a cyber attack, with the potential for residents' data to have been compromised.

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC) and Westminster City Council (WCC) - who share a number of IT systems - noticed the incident on Monday and have informed the Information Commissioner's Office - a step usually taken when data is compromised.

A statement from RBKC added that the councils are working with the "help of specialist cyber incident experts and the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), with the focus on protecting systems and data, restoring systems, and maintaining critical services to the public".

Graeme Stewart, head of public sector at Check Point, the company credited with inventing the firewall, said the situation had "all the signs

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