A new report has urged the UK to do more to protect North Sea windfarms and energy infrastructure from cyber and physical attacks.
Produced by Public First, in collaboration with the Royal United Services Institute, for RenewableUK, the report warns there is a "tangible current threat" to undersea infrastructure such as cables from malicious entities deliberately dragging ship anchors, The Times reports.
It suggests more "can and must be done" to collaborate with other nations on how best to protect infrastructure to prevent incidents such as the severing of a power cable between Finland and Estonia by a Russian ship in 2024.
One measure the report recommends is ensuring energy installations have "multiple points of connection" through a North Sea power grid, for example.
The report also addresses the need for strengthened cybersecurity around wind and solar farms.
It cites a recent co-ordinated cyber attack in Poland which affected 30 wind and solar farms. in December.