Is the UK smart grid vulnerable to cyber attack blackouts?

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Many utilities have outsourced cyber security issues to third party companies, but experts warn this could leave customers exposed to the risk of devastating cyber attacks

Just hours before French voters were due to go to the polls last weekend to choose their next President, the centrist frontrunner Emmanuel Macron became the victim of a massive cyber attack. Although...

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