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Certainly they may have been hacked. However, reading through the information below it appears clear that there are plenty of weak links through French owners-contractors with interests in Russia, who appear to be losing/have lost business due to sanctions. So it could have been a leak or intentional failure of the contractors to adequately secure, or simply incompetence. Additionaly, former BP CEO Lord Browne is a potential weak link within the British government. There are probably others within the British government itself.

Why did Britain hand its nuclear power stations (EDF), its nuclear security and even its government cybersecurity (Thales) to French companies anyway?

French Thales seems to be involved in a “cloud” for sensitive UK government information and “currently provide secure end-to- end networks to the UK Government and advise on a number of security related matters…” (UK.Gov; see more further below)

“Hackers trading passwords used…