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West Lothian Council

West Lothian Council Vendor Cyber Rating & Cyber Score

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West Lothian Council is a publicly accountable organisation and has a has a Chief Executive, three Depute Chief Executives and 10 Heads of Service. West Lothian Council is one of 32 Scottish unitary local authorities. There are 33 elected members (councillors) representing nine multi-member wards. West Lothian’s population and economy. • West Lothian has a population of more than 172,000, accounting for 3% of Scotland’s total population. • West Lothian has been one of the fastest-growing parts of Scotland and is predicted to continue this trend, with projections that it will rise by over 19% by 2035. • The average age is 38, compared with the Scottish average age of 40. • The split of population currently shows a high proportion


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Company Information
Website:http://www.westlothian.gov.uk
Employees number:2,672
Number of followers:8,154
NAICS:92
Industry Type:Government Administration
Homepage:westlothian.gov.uk
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WLC Risk Score (AI oriented)
Between 0 and 549
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WLCGovernment Administration
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02/04/2026
478/1000
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WLCCritical
Current Score
478C (CRITICAL)
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2 incidents
-188 avg impact
Incident timeline with MITRE ATT&CK tactics, techniques, and mitigations.
JULY 2026
500Before Incident
JUNE 2026
498Before Incident
MAY 2026
490Before Incident
APRIL 2026
485Before Incident
MARCH 2026
478Before Incident
FEBRUARY 2026
470Before Incident
JANUARY 2026
463Before Incident
DECEMBER 2025
449Before Incident
NOVEMBER 2025
447Before Incident
OCTOBER 2025
438Before Incident
SEPTEMBER 2025
429Before Incident
AUGUST 2025
420Before Incident
JULY 2025
593Before Incident
Ransomware
10 Jul 2025 • WLC
West Lothian Council

West Lothian Council Cyber Attack

405After Incident
CRITICAL-188
WES913080725
A ransomware attack targeted 12 schools under West Lothian Council, compromising social work reports and potentially exposing names, addresses, and email addresses of pupils. The attack, claimed by the group Interlock, involved the theft of sensitive data, with a threat to publish it if a ransom was not paid. While only a small proportion of the files were highly sensitive, the breach has raised concerns about phishing and scams targeting affected individuals. The council has contacted those at risk and is working with police to investigate the incident.
INCIDENT DETAILS -
TYPE
Ransomware Attack
MOTIVATION
Financial gain
IMPACT
social work reportsnamesaddressesemail addresseslearning materialsIdentity Theft Risk: Possible
DATA BREACH
social work reportspersonal dataSensitivity Of Data: Low to moderate
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MAY 2025
767Before Incident
Ransomware
22 May 2025 • WLC
West Lothian Council

West Lothian Council Ransomware Attack

588After Incident
CRITICAL-179
WES518052325
West Lothian Council confirmed that ransomware actors have stolen personal and sensitive information from its education network. The attack, claimed by the Interlock ransomware group, involved the theft of 2.63 TB of data, including images of passports and driver's licenses. The Council is contacting parents and carers to inform them of the breach and offering advice to be vigilant of phishing attacks. A risk assessment has been carried out on potential child protection issues, and the Council is working with Police Scotland and the Scottish government to investigate the incident.
INCIDENT DETAILS -
TYPE
Ransomware
MOTIVATION
Financial
IMPACT
personal and sensitive dataoperational issues for schoolspassportsdriver's licensesvarious other documentseducation networkIT systems used by 13 secondary schools, 69 primary schools and 61 nurseriesOperational Impact: Contingency plans expected to continue until the end of the current school term
DATA BREACH
personal datasensitive dataoperational issues for schoolsNumber Of Records Exposed: 3,349,196 files and 580,783 folderslow to highData Exfiltration: 2.63 TB of dataimages of passportsdriver's licensesvarious other documentspassportsdriver's licenses
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