Iran-Linked Hackers Shut Down UK Power Plant for Four Days
Iran-linked hackers managed to shut down a British power plant for four days in July 2026. The story was broken by the Telegraph newspaper on August 22, 2026. That it took so long to become public knowledge immediately says two things. Firstly, it was not a major power plant since the effect would have been immediately noticed, and secondly, the authorities wished to keep news of the attack as low key as possible.
Other newspapers (for example the BBC, the Guardian and the Financial Times) have since published their own stories, largely based on the Telegraph account. There has been virtually no information coming from the expected official sources, such as the NCSC. The BBC report comments, “While the Western cyber-security world is braced for attacks either from the state [of Iran] or hackers linked to the state as a result of its conflict with the US this year, there...
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