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​The UK’s energy sector was the target of 24% of all cybersecurity incidents in the country last year, new research from IBM Security has found.

​UK energy supplier npower’s app has been hacked, and customers' accounts accessed including partial bank details.

Germany’s innogy has joined the European Network for Cyber Security (ENCS) in a bid to expand its cyber know-how.

The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre has confirmed that UK energy infrastructure has been the target of Russian hackers this year.

Nearly two-thirds of UK businesses are significantly concerned by energy utilities’ approach to data security and would switch if they fell victim to a cyber attack, PricewaterhouseCoopers research has found.