Iranian hackers carry out unprecedented attack on UK’s power network

The UK government and the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) have not disclosed the identity of the site or details about the attack, citing security concerns.

Iranian cyber terrorists forced the unnamed facility to be completely closed down while staff battled to bring systems back online, in the first and most effective attack of its kind.

An attack on an energy facility which was shut down for four days last month was carried out by hackers linked to the Iranian regime. The cyberattack, which is believed to be the first time Iranian-affiliated hackers have successfully infiltrated a UK energy facility, shutting…

Small-scale energy generator was down for four days as a result of the attack last month

Security chiefs brief energy bosses with ‘advice, direction and next steps’ after cyber attack

Officials say the four-day outage posed no risk to Britain's wider power system.

The generator was forced to shut down for four days following the cyber attack