Sellafield pleads guilty to criminal charges over cybersecurity failings
by Anna Isaac and Alex Lawson from Environment | The Guardian on (#6NP3E)
UK nuclear site pleads guilty to IT security breaches from 2019 to 2023
The UK's most hazardous nuclear site, Sellafield, has pleaded guilty to criminal charges related to cybersecurity failings brought by the industry regulator.
Lawyers acting for Sellafield told Westminster magistrates' court on Thursday that cybersecurity requirements were not sufficiently adhered to for a period" at the vast nuclear waste dump in Cumbria.
The charges relate to information technology security offences spanning a four-year period from 2019 to 2023. It emerged in March that the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) intended to prosecute Sellafield for technology security offences.