Iran-linked hackers took U.K. power plant offline for first time, reports say

London - Iranian-affiliated hackers successfully but temporarily took a power plant offline in the United Kingdom, according to multiple British media outlets. The Telegraph and Financial Times reported the attack, which they say happened in July but is only now being reported, is believed to be the first time Iranian-linked hackers managed to shut down such a facility in the country.Of further concern, the breach also happened the same month Iranian-linked hackers are believed to have targeted the water systems of a dozen states including New Jersey, Minnesota, Georgia and South Dakota, locking out operators and causing pressure loss and flooding. CBS News reached out to the U.K.'s cybersecurity agency, the National Cyber Security Centre, but it neither confirmed nor denied any hacking had occurred.In both attacks, computers called "programmable logic controllers" were targeted, according to U.S. officials and people familiar with the matter in the U.K. Also known as PLCs, these are the brains of automated industrial systems found around the world that in large part span energy, water and manufacturing. But they are also used ubiquitously in hospitals to help supply power in black...