IEThe Irish Times
Iran-linked hackers accused of cyberattack that shut down British power plant
Small-scale energy generator was down for four days as a result of the attack last month
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- 23 Aug 2026, 10:08 UTC
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- 24 Aug 2026, 06:24 UTC
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Publisher layer
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- Publisher
- The Irish Times
- Country
- Ireland
- Source published
- 23 Aug 2026, 09:59 UTC
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Small-scale energy generator was down for four days as a result of the attack last month
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Iran-linked hackers accused of cyberattack that shut down British power plant
Small-scale energy generator was down for four days as a result of the attack last month
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- #1571
- Observed
- 23 Aug 2026, 10:08 UTC
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- Collector
- news-ledger/0.1
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