European Commission has no evidence of cyberattack in the blackout in Portugal and Spain

Spanish Prime Minister Will Not Yet Rule Out Possible Causes of Massive Power Outage in Spain

European Commission has no evidence of cyberattack in the blackout in Portugal and Spain

The Executive Vice-President of the European Commission, Teresa Ribera, stated that there is currently no evidence of a cyberattack in the massive power outage in the Iberian Peninsula, although she referred to it as “one of the biggest failures in the system” in the European Union (EU).“We are not ruling anything out at the moment, but there is no evidence of any kind of cybersecurity issue. We are monitoring everything, and the main priority i…

European Commission reacts to outage: “Nothing allows us to say there is sabotage or cyberattack”

EC vice president Ribera works together with Spain and Portugal to restore power services

The National Cyber Security Directorate (DNSC) did not confirm on Monday the existence of a cyber attack or a cross-border cyber incident, following reports from several EU states and said there was no need to escalate the alert level.

The European Commission assures that, "for the moment", nothing allows us to state that the cause of the blackout is "any boycott or cyberattack"