Iran-linked hackers were blamed for a cyber-attack that shut a small British electricity generator for four days last month, according to reporting on Sunday. ⚡
The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero said the incident never posed a risk to the wider UK energy system. The affected facility has not been publicly identified.
The National Cyber Security Centre was understood not to have received outage reports from regulated power-station operators. Its role includes advice and incident response for critical infrastructure.
The report comes amid warnings that hostile states are increasingly targeting systems behind key UK services. 🔐 Further technical details of the incident and the remediation have not been disclosed.