Spain’s electricity grid operator rules out cyber attack as cause of blackout

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The Spanish government has demanded energy companies provide data to explain "every millisecond" of a massive loss of power generation that disconnected the country's electricity.

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The almost complete blackout in Spain on Monday was most likely not caused by hackers. Preliminary findings rule out a cyberattack, Spanish grid operator Red Electrica said. Portuguese Prime Minister Luis Montenegro also said there were no signs that the blackout was caused by a cyberattack.

DECRYPTAGE - The government dismisses the cyberattack trail and the hypothesis of the exceptional atmospheric phenomenon.