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Three councils in the United Kingdom have taken some of their public-facing systems offline due to an ongoing cybersecurity issue. The NCSC and the three councils declined to say whether the cybersecurity issue relates to an in-house system or an outside vendor. TechCrunch found that some of Canterbury City Council’s payments systems, provided by EKS, were unavailable. Dover and Thanet are also both reporting issues with online forms and online payments. Since 2018, outsourcing giant Civica has provided EKS services as part of a seven-year deal to cut costs across the three councils.