A “generation” disconnection, not a cyber attack

He blackout that occurred yesterday In Spain and Portugal He raised his alarms and from the beginning The theory that could be due to a cyber attack arose. The possibilities that it was so were not too high in view of previous events, and now from Red Electric they have discounted such an option.

It has not been a cyber attack. As indicated In the countryEduardo Prieto, director of the Electricity Service, has indicated in a video intervention that “we have been able to conclude that there has been no intrusion in the electricity control systems that could have caused the incident.”

Almost discarded possibility completely. In his press appearance, Prieto has indicated according to El País that “with the preliminary information available” that option is ruled out. Organizations such as INCIBE or CCN had investigated the incident and have been mentioned by this person in charge of Electricity, which makes the possibility of a cyber attack.

Pedro Sánchez points to another possibility. The chief of the Executive has indicated that Red Electrica has ruled out it in his transport network and stressed that “that is very good”, but also stressed that there are more data to study and that they will demand responsibilities to private operators. The option that the intrusion occurred in third parties is therefore completely eliminated.

The National Court investigates the cyber attack option. The judge of the National Court José Luis Calama has opened an investigation to verify if the blackout could be an act of computer sabotage, They point out media such as the world.

Neither human failure nor meteorological phenomenon. This manager also pointed out that options such as a human error or some Atmospheric phenomenon or strange meteorological, something that also Ratified Aemet this morning.

“Generation disconnection”. From Red Eléctrica, two episodes of “generation disconnection” are aimed, quite possibly in reference to the Solar energy generation. The event caused In just five seconds, 60% of all energy in Spain vanished.

What happens to that disconnection.

The EU had already ruled out. In the early hours of the blackout, the theory that the blackout could have occurred after a cyber attack was handled. Spain is receiving numerous intrusion attempts in its critical infrastructure, but Teresa Ribera, of the EU, soon pointed out that “there is nothing that allows us to affirm that there is some kind of boycott or cyber attack.”

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