Patience. This is the watchword launched by the Spanish and Portuguese authorities when many theories circulate on the causes of the gigantic power outage that plunged the Iberian peninsula in the dark on Monday, April 28. Once the electricity is restored 99 %on Tuesday, the two governments each announced the creation of commissions of inquiry, while asking their population to obtain rigorous and precise conclusions.
The hypothesis of a cyber attack has already lost a lot of force. “There is no index of manipulation in cyberspace”said Portuguese Prime Minister Luis Montenegro. This track was swept even more frankly by the operations director of the Spanish electricity network (Red Electrica de Espana, Ree), Eduardo Pieto, Tuesday April 29. “In view of our preliminary analyzes, we can rule out a cybersecurity incident”he assured, also dismissing the track of a “Strange atmospheric phenomenon” pointed by certain media.
To not neglect anything, the national hearing, the senior court in charge of organized terrorism and crime affairs, has opened a preliminary investigation into a possible “IT sabotage”. She gave ten days to the national cryptology center and to Ree to explain the causes of the electricity failure.
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