Cyberattack on UK Power Station; Hackers Linked to Iran Suspected

According to reports in The Telegraph and Financial Times, hackers linked to Iran managed to temporarily disable a power station in the UK. The incident, which occurred in July but was only recently disclosed, is considered the first instance of a critical facility in the UK being taken offline by actors linked to Tehran. Following the breach, a system at the power station was disabled for four days while staff worked to regain control. UK authorities and industry officials have not disclosed the name of the facility, but it was noted that the plant was relatively small and the outage did not affect the national power supply. The UK's National Cyber Security Centre declined to confirm or deny the attack, and no group has claimed responsibility. The attribution to Iran-linked actors is based on assessments by security experts and sources familiar with the matter. The primary target of the attack was likely a Programmable Logic Controller (PLC), which acts as the 'brain' of industrial systems. Reports suggest the attackers exploited default passwords that had not been changed. Security experts believe these recent attacks may be feasibility tests, aimed at probing vulnerabilities and gaining experience before potential future attempts to target larger, more strategically significant infrastructure.