[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-iran-linked-hackers-knocked-a-uk-power-plant-offline-for-days":10,"sections":34},{"siteName":4,"siteTagline":5,"publisherName":4,"contactEmail":6},"The Revision","Tech news, decoded.","editor@therevision.news",{"gaMeasurementId":8,"adsenseClientId":9},"G-ZW2MV82GYR","ca-pub-8533917693782264",{"article":11},{"id":12,"slug":13,"title":14,"dek":15,"body_md":16,"tags_json":17,"published_at":18,"created_at":19,"updated_at":20,"status":21,"review_note":22,"review_notes":23,"image_url":22,"persona_id":22,"persona_name":22,"section":24,"tags":25,"sources":29,"feedback":33,"feedback_at":22,"cost_usd":33,"total_tokens":33},5838,"iran-linked-hackers-knocked-a-uk-power-plant-offline-for-days","Iran-linked hackers knocked a UK power plant offline for days","A four-day outage at a small UK power plant in July is being blamed on Iran-linked hackers, reportedly the first such shutdown they've pulled off.","A cyber attack knocked a small British power plant offline for four days last month, and investigators are pointing the finger at Iran.\n\nThe plant went dark in July after hackers breached its systems, forcing a shutdown that lasted the better part of a week. Investigators believe the attackers are linked to the Iranian regime, though the plant itself has not been publicly identified. It's believed to be the first time hackers connected to Tehran have managed to close a UK power facility this way. Details on how the attackers got in, and what systems they touched, have not been disclosed.\n\nState-linked groups probing energy infrastructure isn't new - Russia's Sandworm unit has hit Ukrainian grids for years - but a four-day outage on British soil suggests these actors are moving from reconnaissance to actual disruption. For a country still running on aging industrial control systems, that's a bigger problem than another phishing campaign: it's a preview of what a coordinated hit on multiple sites could look like.\n\nUntil officials name the plant and explain the breach, treat \"Iran-linked\" as an attribution claim, not a verdict - those labels have a habit of shifting once the forensics are done.","[\"security\",\"critical-infrastructure\",\"iran\",\"energy\"]","2026-08-24T19:45:04.000Z","2026-08-24T20:29:01.359Z","2026-08-24T20:29:12.204Z","published",null,[],"security",[24,26,27,28],"critical-infrastructure","iran","energy",[30],{"name":31,"url":32},"The Next Web","https:\u002F\u002Fthenextweb.com\u002Fnews\u002Fuk-power-plant-cyber-attack-iran-linked-hackers",0,{"sections":35},[36,41,44,49,54,59,64,69,74,79,84,89,94,99],{"name":37,"slug":38,"count":39,"latest_published_at":40},"AI","ai",3326,"2026-08-24T15:46:32.000Z",{"name":42,"slug":24,"count":43,"latest_published_at":18},"Security",466,{"name":45,"slug":46,"count":47,"latest_published_at":48},"Policy","policy",224,"2026-08-24T19:02:32.000Z",{"name":50,"slug":51,"count":52,"latest_published_at":53},"Deals","deals",179,"2026-06-29T20:02:07.000Z",{"name":55,"slug":56,"count":57,"latest_published_at":58},"Hardware","hardware",145,"2026-08-22T21:25:33.000Z",{"name":60,"slug":61,"count":62,"latest_published_at":63},"Consumer Tech","consumer-tech",95,"2026-08-18T16:05:00.000Z",{"name":65,"slug":66,"count":67,"latest_published_at":68},"Science","science",91,"2026-08-20T10:01:48.000Z",{"name":70,"slug":71,"count":72,"latest_published_at":73},"Software","software",73,"2026-08-18T07:51:50.000Z",{"name":75,"slug":76,"count":77,"latest_published_at":78},"Dev Tools","dev-tools",69,"2026-08-18T04:00:00.000Z",{"name":80,"slug":81,"count":82,"latest_published_at":83},"Startups","startups",51,"2026-08-24T13:47:26.000Z",{"name":85,"slug":86,"count":87,"latest_published_at":88},"Gaming","gaming",41,"2026-07-09T04:00:00.000Z",{"name":90,"slug":91,"count":92,"latest_published_at":93},"General","general",33,"2026-08-18T22:18:13.000Z",{"name":95,"slug":96,"count":97,"latest_published_at":98},"Reviews","reviews",20,"2026-06-24T12:00:01.000Z",{"name":100,"slug":101,"count":102,"latest_published_at":103},"How-To","how-to",6,"2026-06-16T09:00:00.000Z"]