To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many local authorities have been subject to ransomware attacks in the last 12 months; and how much has been spent on recovering public data from those attacks.
MHCLG have supported local authorities to respond to two ransomware incidents in the last 12 months. Historically, MHCLG has not collected data on local authority ransomware related expenditure but maintains a clear opposition to ransom payments. This gov...
Cybersecurity: Local Government