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Iran-linked hackers shut down UK power plant for four days in cyber attack

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Iran-linked hackers shut down UK power plant for four days in cyber attack

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Tony Diver, Rozina Sabur, and Matt Oliver

Daily Telegraph UK·

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The unidentified UK power plant was shut for four days after a suspected Iran cyber attack. Photo / Getty Images

The unidentified UK power plant was shut for four days after a suspected Iran cyber attack. Photo / Getty Images

Iran shut down a British power plant for four days in an unprecedented cyber attack, the Telegraph can disclose.

It is thought to be the first time that hackers affiliated with the Iranian regime have succeeded in closing down such a facility in the UK and is believed to be

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