London Links Incident to Iran: Cyberattack Halts UK Power Station

British energy companies entered a high state of alert and security readiness after a local power station was hit by a cyberattack that caused a power generator to shut down for four consecutive days last month.

A journalistic report published by "The Sunday Telegraph" suggested that hackers linked to the Iranian regime were behind the attack.

The UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero swiftly issued urgent guidance and directives to sector companies on mechanisms to counter such threats, while imposing an information blackout on the identity of the affected station.

Meanwhile, a government spokesperson downplayed the incident's consequences, emphasizing that the national power system is highly resilient and that the breach did not pose a threat to the country's main power grid.

This development comes amid repeated accusations against Iranian entities for launching cyberattacks targeting sensitive infrastructure worldwide, including power outages in Turkey in 2015 and Israel in 2022.

Previously, the head of the UK National Cyber Security Centre revealed that three-quarters of attacks targeting critical infrastructure are backed by hostile governments or state sponsors.