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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Kate Devlin and Mike Taylor

UK government services offline after global PHP cybersecurity threat

Dozens of government services are offline after they were hit by a major cyber-security issue affecting millions of sites worldwide.

A total of 32 UK government services are temporarily offline and four are partially unavailable, ministers confirmed on Thursday.

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