NEW DETAILS: Iranian-linked hackers SHUT DOWN British power plant

>> Dana: HACKERS LINKED TO IRAN. BEING BLAMED FOR A CYBERATTACK. THAT FORCED A BRITISH POWER. PLANT TO BE SHUT DOWN BY FOUR. DAYS LAST MONTH. THAT INCIDENT MARKING AN. APPARENT ESCALATION BY TEHRAN IN. ITS AGGRESSION AGAINST THE. UNITED KINGDOM. STEPHANIE BENNETT IS LIVE IN. LONDON WITH THE LATEST. >> IRAN NOW TURNING TO A DIGITAL. BATTLEFIELD. EXPERTS SAY IT IS A WARNING THAT.

EXPOSES MAJOR SECURITY FLAWS. THIS MORNING BRITAIN BRIEFED. ENERGY COMPANY CHIEFS ON STEPS. TO PROTECT THEIR ASSETS AFTER. THE DELL GRAPH AND FINANCIAL. TIMES FIRST REPORTED A. CYBERATTACK IN JULY SHUT DOWN A. SMALL ENERGY FACILITY FOR FOUR. DAYS. U.K. ENERGY MINISTER SAID THERE. WAS NO THREAT TO THE WIDER GRID. AND NOBODY LAST POWER. WE HAVE ONE OF THE MOST. RESILIENT ENERGY SYSTEMS IN THE. WORLD. NOT COMMENTING WHO WAS BEHIND.

THE INCIDENT OR WHEN AND WHERE. IT HAPPENED HE SAID THE. GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY HAD. TAKEN THE INCIDENT SERIOUSLY. ATTACK POSSIBLY COMES IN. RETALIATION AGAINST THE U.K. OVER ALLOWING THE U.S. TO USE. BRITISH BASES FOR DEFENSIVE. OPERATIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST. THEY WARNED IN JULY ANY BASE. USED FOR AN AGGRESSION IS A. TARGET FOR OUR FORCES. TEHRAN WAS ACCUSED OF TARGETING.

WATER SYSTEMS. IN MINNESOTA 30 COMMUNITY WATER. SYSTEMS WERE ATTACKED. IN GEORGIA ONE CYBER ACTIVITY. CAUSED A MAJOR PRESSURE DROP AND. ISSUED A BOIL WATER ADVISORY. THE U.S. GOVERNMENT HAS NOT. BLAMED THE ATTACKS ON IRAN BUT. SA.