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Sellafield issued hefty fine for cybersecurity failures
Sellafield has been fined £332,500 plus costs for security failings that were described as a ‘disaster waiting to happen’. The penalty has been imposed by the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR), and relates to the way Sellafield failed to meet the standards, procedures, and arrangements set out in its own approved plan for cybersecurity, as well as its failure to…
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UK nuclear site Sellafield fined $440,000 for cybersecurity shortfalls
Image: Sellafield nuclear power station and reprocessing plant (Steve_Allen) Nuclear waste processing facility Sellafield has been fined £332,500 ($440k) by the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) for failing to adhere to cybersecurity standards and putting sensitive nuclear information at risk over four years, from 2019 to 2023. According to the ONR announcement, Sellafield failed to follow its own approved cybersecurity protocols…
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A “disaster waiting to happen”: Sellafield plant admits to glaring cybersecurity failures
Sellafield Ltd, the firm in charge of managing one of Europe’s largest nuclear sites, has plead guilty to charges relating to cybersecurity failings at the facility, The company apologized for its shortcomings after the Westminster magistrates court was presented with a litany of security failings that could have threatened the UK’s national security. The Sellafield site was used for…
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