UK electricity middleman Elexon hit by cyber attack

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The company says its email server and internal IT systems were affected in the incident

Elexon, a company that settles payments between generators, suppliers and brokers, disclosed on Thursday that it was hit by a cyber attack that crippled its email server. The lights didn't go of...

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