Cumbrian Nuclear Facility Sellafield is Still under scrutiny for cyber security problems, despite the regulator's clean bill of health for its Physical Security.
The office for nuclear regulation (onr) has returned the sellafield site to a government statement,
The Onr's Statement said: “Over the last two years, onr has carried out a regular program of insurance and interventions at sellafield, assessing evidence provided by the Licanese'SE'SEESEESEESEESEESEESE ' Resilience Team. This identified a period of sustained improved performance in the area of ​​physical security, and onr is satisfied that the required security outs outs out. “
However, the onr added: “Sellafield ltd currently remains in significantly enhanced attention for cyber security, and collaborative work is ongoing to achieve the required ita
In December 2023, The Guardian Reported that groups linked to china and russia Had Hacked Into Sellafield's It Systems.
And in October 2024, the nuclear waste facility was ordered to pay £ 400,000 by westminster magistrates' court, after it Please Guilty to Criminal Charges Over Years of Cyber ​​Security FailingsAnd apologized to the court.
The onr brieft the charges against the sellafield ltd, accusing it of leaving exposed information that could be threaten national security over a four-yar-aear period, from 2019 to 2023. was also said to be vulnerable to cyber attack.
One of the Three Criminal Charges Burght Related to sellafield's failure to “ensure that there was adequate protection of sensitive nuclear information “Annual Health Checks” of Its It Systems.
Sellafield's Lawyers said at the time, “It is important to emphasise there was not and have been a successful cyber attack on [the facility]”, Before noting that the offenses are” Historical… [and] Do not reflect the current position ”.
Paul dicks, the onr's director of regulation for sellafield, decomination, fuel and waste, said of the new bill of health: “We have worked closely with Sellafield Ltd Through Through Through Through Ensure that the required improvements are delivered. I'm satisfied that sellafield ltd has demonstrated significant and sustained security improvements which have allowed us to return them to routine regulatory attention. “
Sellafield Operates under the Governance of the Nuclear decommissioning authority (NDA), A Quasi-Governmental Body that services to wind up and render safe the uk's oldest nuclear industry sites.
In November 2024, the NDA Opened a Cyber ​​Security Center To Safeguard Against Cyber ​​Attacks on the Civil Nuclear Sector.
Its group cyberspace collaboration center in cumbria is said to gather security, digital and engineering experts to work on how best to adopt new Technologies and Defend Against Eveology.
Warren cain, superintending inspector at the Office for nuclear regulation.
“Cyber ​​security is a key regulatory priority for the office for nuclear regulation, and we welcome the NDA's Commitment to Strengthen their Cyber ​​Defense with this new specialist facility.”
Besides Sellafield, The UK's Nuclear Sites Include Hinkley Point, Harwell, Dungeness, Bradwell and Sizwell, Trawsfynydd and Wylfa, and Dounrey.