Iran-Linked Cyberattack Tests Britain’s Energy Defenses
An attack on an energy facility which was shut down for four days last month was carried out by hackers linked to the Iranian regime. The cyberattack, which is believed to be the first time Iranian-affiliated hackers have successfully infiltrated a UK energy facility, shutting it down. A government
Source: OilPrice.com
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DW NOTE
Britain's energy grid has never been designed to withstand sustained state-level intrusion — it was built for commercial efficiency, not adversarial resilience. Iran has spent two decades mapping Western infrastructure vulnerabilities while the UK privatised generation into a patchwork of contractors with inconsistent security protocols. A test run is exactly what this is: probe for weak points now, exploit them when the Strait closes for good.