Iran-Linked Hackers Shut UK Plant

A cyberattack attributed to hackers linked to Iran shut down a small UK power generator for four days in July, in what is believed to be the first known successful cyber shutdown of a British energy facility. The UK government said the outage did not threaten the wider energy system, but the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero contacted power companies to warn about cyberattack risks. The incident occurred as US authorities warned that malicious cyber actors were targeting water facilities in at least seven states.