LONDON: A power plant in the UK was forced offline after it was targeted by Iran-linked hackers. It is thought to be the first such incident of a cyberattack by Tehran successfully shutting down a British facility of this nature, and marks an escalation after London gave the US permission to use UK regional military facilities in its war with Iran. The attack, reportedly last month, was against a small-scale energy generator and posed no threat to the wider grid, the UK government said. The site went offline for four days, the Telegraph reported.

The generator was forced to shut down for four days following the cyber attack

Telegraph reports attack marks first successful strike of its kind on vital British infrastructure; government says national grid not endangered