A London council hit by a major cyber attack this week has confirmed data was accessed and copied by hackers.

Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster Councils initiated emergency plans after the town halls were targeted by online criminals on Monday.

Hammersmith and Fulham is also understood to have been impacted as the local authorities share some systems.

The incident is being investigated by the National Crime Agency and the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC).

A Kensington and Chelsea Council spokesman said on Friday: "We have now obtained evidence on our systems that shows some data has been copied and then taken away.

"At this moment in time, we believe the breach only impacts historical data.

"It is important to say we still have access to this information, it has n

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