Ashford Borough Council statement on global cyber security vulnerability

We are aware of the ongoing developments regarding a cyber security risk related to PHP programming. We'd like to reassure everyone that all of our websites and systems are operating as normal, our customer data is safe and that we're taking proactive steps to ensure that this remains the case by ensuring that the council's online infrastructure is protected against vulnerabilities.

There may be a brief period where some of our website services experience downtime today, whilst our IT team carry out mitigation measures in line with guidance from the National Cyber Security Centre.