Iranian hackers shut down a British power plant for days
A cyber incident reportedly took a British power plant offline for days, reducing electricity supply and potentially affecting industrial users.
Source →The trace
How it reaches your house.
Starting from Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd., we walked the supply graph hop by hop to the goods you buy and the companies you own. Each step is the engine’s reasoning, scored for confidence and cited where a source backs it.
First impact
Grid Electricity for PGM Smelting (South Africa / Russia) →Shortage riskPalladium and platinum group metals
Electricity is a critical input to PGM smelting here (dependency strength 0.85), so a power shortfall reduces PGM output supply.
88% confidenceGrid Electricity for PGM Smelting (South Africa / Russia) →Shortage riskMMC Norilsk Nickel (Nornickel)GMKN
Nornickel is the 100% market-share downstream company on this edge, so a grid-electricity disruption would directly constrain its PGM smelting operations.
84% confidenceElectricite de France S.A. (EDF) →Shortage riskHop 2
Industrial electricity (high-voltage) →Shortage riskHigh-voltage electricity is a critical operating input for oxygen separation and compression, so a days-long electricity shortfall can directly constrain medical oxygen output.
86% confidencePalladium and platinum group metals →DelaysSmelting (Electric Arc Furnace)
Electric-arc smelting is highly electricity-intensive, so the power disruption that constrains PGM output should directly delay this production step.
79% confidenceIndustrial electricity (high-voltage) →Shortage riskChina has the largest downstream exposure share on this edge, so a reduction in industrial electricity supply maps to a broad industrial input shortage there.
Hop 3
China →Shortage riskChina supplies 98% of gallium, so a disruption in China would sharply tighten gallium availability.
98% confidenceChina →Shortage riskChina supplies 95% of terbium metal, so a disruption in China would materially constrain supply.
97% confidenceChina →Shortage riske.l.f. says substantially all of its third-party suppliers and manufacturers are in China and certain other foreign countries, so a disruption in China would directly tighten product supply and delay production.
Hop 4
e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. →Shortage riskIf the electricity shock constrains e.l.f.'s output, Target could see shortages of e.l.f. products, and Target is a material customer at 18% of net sales.
63% confidencee.l.f. Beauty, Inc. →Shortage riskWalmart Inc.WMT
If e.l.f.'s supply is disrupted, Walmart could face tighter availability of e.l.f. products, and Walmart represents 13% of e.l.f.'s net sales.
61% confidencee.l.f. Beauty, Inc. →Shortage risk
Where it lands
What you buy, and what you own.
Goods you buy
Palladium and platinum group metals · Medical oxygen · Semiconductors and chips
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