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UK energy companies on alert after ‘Iran-linked hackers’ shut down small power facility

UK energy companies on alert after ‘Iran-linked hackers’ shut down small power facility
Financial Times Sunday 23 August 2026, 08:49 UTC 1 min read
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Security chiefs brief energy bosses with ‘advice, direction and next steps’ after cyber attack

Security chiefs brief energy bosses with ‘advice, direction and next steps’ after cyber attack [Image text:] /var/log/ufw.log eesnciy faled:14 Fotar fallads 293 93.63.244.17212.14.140.25.172.70. 39.162.241.53151.15.170.9176.32.233.73 RuersnctySanned: 24 POsEESanneds sssas$ sudo service fail2ban status 24 atus tkestication failure monitor nng orakerne19253.618636]UwBLKN= sssudo tail-f /var/log/syslog -4296DPT=7071WINDOW=1024RES=0x00N a cRoN30773]mysql CMDif myn kne19287.803684]UBL- -4296DPT=2095 WINDOW=1024RES=0x00R storpostfix/anvi129129]statisticmonn sterpostfix/anvil[29129]:statistics erpostfix/anvi129129]:stati pterap0stfix/anvil[291
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