Russian Hackers Target UK Councils, No Data Breached

0:00A Russian hacker crew, called No. 5-760, just claimed they launched DDoS attacks on two councils in Leicestershire, hitting Leicestershire County, Council in Northwest Leicestershire District Council. These attacks flood servers with junk traffic to knock websites offline, and this fits their pattern of targeting UK spots since Russia's move into. Ukraine. Leicestershire County Council held strong with no real downtime, but Northwest Leicestershire site went dart for a couple hours before they blot. All non-UK web traffic to fight back. The National Cybersecurity Center jumped in early, tipping off the District Council and teaming up with their supplier to lock it down quick. Both councils are clear, no resident data got touched, and they're on high alert for more hits like this every day. This has been Lester News today, powered by AI. I'm Corey with the story.