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Power Plants Under Siege: Defending Critical Infrastructure Against State-Sponsored Cyber Attacks
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Fusion42 · 25 August 2026 · Fusion42 review
Power plants face escalating cyber threats from state-sponsored actors targeting their OT and ICS environments, risking operational disruption and safety. Defences focus on IT-OT network segmentation, multi-factor authentication, asset inventory, vulnerability management, and threat intelligence sharing.
This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Industrial.
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State-sponsored cyberattacks on power plants are forcing you to prioritise segmentation between IT and operational networks this week. Security gaps in industrial controllers and vendor access now represent the clearest routes attackers could exploit.
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