Several government websites taken offline 'as a precaution'

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The Isle of Man Government says a number of its websites have been 'temporarily taken offline as a precaution'.

It's confirmed it 'follows published advice from the National Cyber Security Centre'.

The sites 'will remain offline while urgent security patches are applied' to 'identified vulnerabilities'.

The websites affected include:

• All Isle of Man schools
• Isle of Man Post Office
• iMuseum
• Read the Signs
• Live traffic and road information
• Isle of Man Legislation

Reporting elsewhere appears to show two 'critical cyber-security flaws' have been found 'in a programming language which powers much of the internet'.

International governments and agencies have urged websites to address the issue.

You can read more via the BBC here.