The largest local authority in Kent has been hit by multiple cyber attacks and forced to pay out thousands in compensation for data breaches. Kent County Council’s vulnerability is revealed in a disclosure under Freedom of Information legislation. KCC has been targeted by hackers 13 times in three years and suffered 2,452 instances of personal details being stolen or accessed without authorisation between 2021 and the end of February 28 2024. The council has paid out more than £16,000 in compensation for an unspecified number of data breach claims. The KCC breaches came to light when DataBreac…