Iranian hackers targeted Britain's critical infrastructure

go4it.ro collected 24 August 2026, 10:55 EEST machine translated Security

A cyber incident attributed to Iranian-affiliated hackers reportedly knocked out a UK power generator for four days, in a case considered unprecedented for British energy infrastructure. According to the publication [...] The article Iranian hackers targeted the UK's critical infrastructure appears first on Go4IT.

Read the full story on go4it.ro https://www.go4it.ro/securitate-informatica/hackeri-iranieni-au-tintit-infrastructura-critica-a-marii-britanii-19282843/

Attacks like this land on ordinary sites far more often than on chosen targets. If you would rather your site never became the story, CrockyHost hosting ships with daily backups, automatic updates and a firewall we manage.

Keep reading

UAT-10147 Uses AI to Scale Server Attacks, Deploys SPECTRE With EDR Bypass and Linux Rootkit The Hacker News
ToxicPanda Android malware uses VPN permissions to block Google Play BleepingComputer
Hackers infect Android car head units with proxy botnet malware BleepingComputer
14 Trojanized npm Packages Drop RedC2 4.0 Linux Backdoor With AI-Assisted C2 The Hacker News