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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Stewart Carr

UK cyberattack prep: Government urges Londoners to stockpile 3 days of food and water

Londoners are being urged to prepare 72-hour survival kits - (Getty Images)

Londoners are being urged to stockpile bottled water, tinned food, and emergency cash to survive a minimum of three days if a hostile cyberattack knocks out critical infrastructure.

Defence Secretary Wes Streeting launched the stark survival initiative, warning households to prepare for everyday services—like supermarket payment systems—suddenly going offline due to global instability or hostile state actors.

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