Cyber attack crashes city council website with other UK authorities targeted

More than a dozen local authorities’ websites are claimed to have been affected by the attack (File/Dominic Lipinski/PA) - (PA Archive)

A city council website has been taken offline after being targeted in a cyber attack, with other local authorities confirming they were previously affected.

Portsmouth City Council said it was one of a number of local authorities across the country hit by a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack by a group named NoName057(16).