SPAIN has launched a sabotage investigation into the devastating power outages based on two mysterious “events”.
The national grid released a timeline of the blackout that has set alarm bells ringing – with cyberterrorism being considered.
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Red Electrica, Spain’s electricity board, produced a report showing a power-loss event at 12:33pm – followed by another just 1.5 seconds later.
And the network between Spain and France went down 3.5 seconds after that.
Based on the information, National Court judge José Luis Calama opened up an investigation to determine whether sabotage and cyberterrorism were at play.
He demanded a more detailed preliminary report from the grid and investigators within ten days.
In an emailed statement, he said that while the root of the blackout is still unknown “cyber terrorism is among the possibilities”.
It has also emerged that Britain’s electricity grid operator is investigating mystery outages in the UK’s system hours before Spain and Portugal were plunged into blackouts.
The control room staff noticed suspicious activity on Sunday that involved unexpected shifts in the power frequency in the early morning and the evening.
A steady frequency within certain limits is vital to keeping power flowing.
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