UK’s small power plants face higher cyber risk into 2030s despite Iran-linked hack
Decision not to improve resilience sooner described as ‘unacceptable gamble with our national security’ 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
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Decision not to improve resilience sooner described as ‘unacceptable gamble with our national security’ 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
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UK’s small power plants face higher cyber risk into 2030s despite Iran-linked hack
Decision not to improve resilience sooner described as ‘unacceptable gamble with our national security’ 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
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UK’s small power plants face continued cyber risk after Iran-linked hack
Government measures to improve resilience are not due until 2030 and July’s hack has not altered this timeline 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 pla
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