UPDATE: Thursday 22 October
We have applied the security update released to address the recently identified PHP vulnerabilities to our website.
We are continuing to verify our systems and services. There is currently no indication of any impact, and all services appear to be operating normally.
We apologise for any inconvenience and thank you for your patience.
The following services have been taken offline as a precaution following guidance from the National Cyber Security Centre:
- Help using the archive, including our research guides
- Contact us, including Live chat, records enquiries, citizenship enquiries, paid search
- Information Management pages
The Records Enquiries Service will continue to operate onsite at Kew but with limited access to some resources. Please check here for further updates.