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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jillian Ambrose

INSANE: Uks small power plants face continued cyber risk after iran linked hack | Vintage Vibes

A power plant with chimneys and electrical pylons under cloudy skies
Britain has hundreds of smaller plants which are connected to the wider grid, experts say they may be targeted if they appear vulnerable. Photograph: Kamila OConnell/Getty

Hundreds of Britain’s smallest power plants could remain at a higher risk to state-sponsored cyber-attacks until the 2030s despite a successful Iran-linked hack last month, it has emerged.

Officials this week briefed energy bosses on the breach, which is understood to have shut an unnamed small gas power plant for four days last month, and put the industry on alert over the growing cyber threat facing energy infrastructure.

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