Iran-linked cyberattack shut down a UK power plant
2026-08-24T19:23:51Z•7e538ab12a716a9e3968e38d1de0fd114957165b657fb94d7217d109ce6dc728
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What happened
A security-news digest covering state-linked cyberattacks against critical infrastructure, actively exploited vulnerabilities, software supply-chain compromises, ransomware and data breaches, phishing and OAuth abuse, cloud credential theft, AI-assisted attacks and prompt injection, privacy risks, and security research. The most urgent themes are disruption of a UK power plant, exploitation of Ray and Cisco vulnerabilities, poisoned Rust and npm packages, attacks targeting industrial controllers, and large-scale personal-data exposures.
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- 2026-08-24T19:23:51Z
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