“There are no signs of cyberattacks in the power of electricity in Spain and Portugal – the head of the Eurora Council on April 28, 20:19 To share: the President of the European Council and the Portuguese Expaturemier Anthony Right said that there were no signs of cyberattack UZBEKISTAN/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS)”, – WRITE ON: ua.news
The President of the European Council and the Portuguese Expaturemier Anthony Right stated that there were no signs of cyberattack in the Pyrenees light (photo: Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The President of the European Council and the Portuguese Expremier Anthony Rosa maintains contact with the leaders of the Government of Spain and Portugal-due to large-scale power outages in these countries.
He wrote about it on April 28 on his page on the social network H.
“The operators of both countries are working to find out the cause and restore the supply of electricity. No cyberattacks have been identified yet, ”the European official wrote, who was the premiere of Portugal from 2015 to 2024.
Later, the Spanish power company Red Electrica reported that electricity was returning to some areas of Spain.
“Electricity supply is already in Catalonia, Aragon, Basque, Galicia, Asturia, Navarry, Castile and Leoni, Estemadur and Andalusia,” the company said in a statement CNN.
As the head specified Ministry of Transport Spain Oscar Puente, Middle and distant trains Spanish subwaymost likely to restore work no earlier than April 29.
Official noted that trains will need to undergo maintenance to make sure of their safe work after switching off electricity.
Later, Spain Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said there was no convincing information about the reasons for the large-scale shutdown of electricity.
He said officials were trying to identify the cause and have not excluded any theories, but urged the public to avoid speculation, CNN reports.
According to Sanchez, power supply has already been restored in the northern and southern parts of Spain, and the shutdown of electricity has not led to security problems.
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In the morning April 28 became aware that in Spain the large -scale deactivation engulfed Big cities such as Madrid, Seville, Barcelona and Valencia. In addition, there was a failure of electricity supply to Portugal and part of the regions of France.
According to Financial Times, the Spanish National Cybersecurity Institute is investigating whether a blackberries have become a cibulative result. According to the publication, the data of the Spanish power operator shows that more than 10 GW demand has been disconnected during the Blackut, and this may be one of the largest blackouts in recent European history.
Politico notes that Spain and Portugal have a highly integrated energy network, which functions as an energy island and is associated with the rest of Europe due to a small number of cross -border compounds with France.
As the representatives reported Spanish profile companies Red Electricarecovery electricity supply in Spain can take from 6 up to 10 hours.
Then employees of the Portuguese network operator Ren stated that the shutdown of electricity, which affected Spain, Portugal and France, was caused by a malfunction in the Spanish power supply – and, in turn, caused it “Rare atmospheric phenomenon »in the form of extreme fluctuations in air temperature.