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Media reports about a cyberattack that forced a British power plant offline for four days should be taken seriously far beyond the United Kingdom. It gives us a glimpse of how the Iran conflict could develop and signals to governments and businesses around the world that they need to be ready for a new battlefield.

BERLIN, Aug 24 (Reuters) – The recent surge in bond yields is a result of United States President “Donald Trump’s war in Iran”, German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil said on Monday at a press conference in Schaan, Liechtenstein. 

Britain on Monday briefed energy company chiefs on steps to protect their assets after media reports said Iran-linked hackers had shut down a small energy facility, saying there was no threat to the wider electricity system.

A cyberattack believed to be linked to Iranian hackers temporarily shut down a small power plant in the United Kingdom last month. The plant was offline for four days, but the outage did not impact the wider U.K. energy system. According to The Telegraph, this incident marks the first time an Iranian-affiliated hacking group has…

COMMENTARY: Cyber warfare looks a lot different today than it did a few years ago. In the past, we all generally viewed kinetic warfare and cyber warfare as separate entities that were linked together, but today, these two areas have become much more tightly interwoven.Additionally, in the past, geopolitical conflict was viewed as a distant…

No US agency has publicly blamed Iran, and investigators are examining whether hackers could have falsely claimed an Iranian connection to sow further discord during the war. Monday 17/08/2026

A recent spate of cyberattacks against the United States’ water sector has impacted at least 12 states and 100 municipalities, suggesting a coordinated campaign at scale against U.S. critical infrastructure. Although unconfirmed by the U.S. government, signs point to Iran as the likely culprit. Some media outlets are even going so far as to label…

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A hacking group that has been closely tied to Iran and has claimed responsibility for a cyberattack last month that impacted more than 30 Minnesota water systems, according to a report.

Iran and Russia have held a new round of talks in Moscow on strengthening cybersecurity, combating cybercrime and improving the resilience of critical infrastructure and communications networks against cyberattacks.