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

MADRID - The Spanish National Police has monitored the movements of pro-Russian hackers and determined that these groups were not involved in the power outages across the country, as well as in Portugal and part of France, a source told the Spanish portal Rason today.

After having been set up for several hours on Monday trying to restore the current, the Spanish power system operator tries to understand how the situation could degenerate in a matter of seconds.

Spain has fully restored electricity supply after Monday’s big blackout on the Iberian Peninsula, with unknown causes, although government president Pedro Sánchez said this Tuesday that “to the bottom” will be investigated and “all private operators” of the system will be held accountable.

At first, a rare atmospheric phenomenon was cited as the cause of the blackout, but this turned out to be a hoax. Some people called it a cyberattack, but that is unlikely either. An anomaly in solar power generation may have played a role, which could intensify the debate about renewables in Spain, a leader in this field but lacking the necessary development. We will probably only know for sure in months.

Madrid.- Spain has recovered 99.95 percent of the energy demand of the peninsula (25.794 megawatts), a milestone that was reached at 07.00 hours this morning in the entire territory affected by the blackout that began shortly after noon on Monday.In addition, and according to data from the Electric Network –the energy manager – and the Spanish Ministry of Ecological Transition, 100 percent of the substations of the electricity transmission netwo…

The Spanish company REE shares its initial findings, which could have led to the massive power failure on Monday. It excludes a cyberattack as a cause.