Sellafield denies nuclear site’s networks have been victim of cyber attacks

Sellafield has denied reports its IT networks have been attacked by cyber groups linked to Russia and China.

The Guardian said an investigation into the nuclear site in Cumbria found security breaches, dating back to 2015, which it says were not reported to regulators for “several years”.

The year-long investigation, named Nuclear Leaks, said sleeper malware which can be used to spy on or attack systems had been embedded in the networks and could still be there.

But a statement from Sellafield Ltd, which runs the site under the control of the Government-run Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, said the company had “no records or evidence” that its networks had been “successfully attacked by state actors” as outlined in the report.

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Source: Irish News