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London- Iranian-affiliated hackers successfully but temporarily took a power plant offline in the United Kingdom, according to multiple British media outlets. 

News that suspected Iranian hackers caused the shutdown of a British power plant broke over the weekend, raising the question of whether UK’s power grid and, indeed, the country’s critical infrastructure can fend off destructive cyber attacks.

Hackers linked to Iran have been blamed for a cyber-attack that caused a British power plant to be temporarily shut down.

A cyber attack shut down a small power facility in the UK last month following warnings about a pattern of disruptive activity by state and non-state actors.

Lev Shevtsov23 August 2026 12:21

The outage did not threaten Britain’s electricity supply, but officials saw it as a warning about vulnerabilities in critical infrastructure.

Attack marks first known case of a British power facility being brought offline by Iranian-linked hackers, The Telegraph reports

A British power plant was forced offline for four days in whatThe Telegraphreported on Saturday was an unprecedented cyberattack linked to Iran.