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General blackout in the Iberian peninsula
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Speculation is fun, but ... :)
Thanks! Yeah it's important to stick to the evidence. Otherwise it'll seem like cyber attacks are much more prevalent than they actually are which helps Putin. But it's hard not to have that initial reaction when hearing about fires and blackouts in Europe lately.
What really scared me is the internet service and mobile networks went down a few minutes (like, 2-3 minutes) after the main power.
Comms switch centers and cell towers are supposed to have batteries to keep them running for a while. But they went black almost immediately.
During the day we got some short moments of connectivity. Short and sparse.
There are things that I’d like to have some explanation for.
That's not what happened in the entirety of Spain. I'm from one of the least affected areas (basque country) where the blackout only lasted ~2h. My cellphone had 4g connection the entire time.
Good to know, and somehow good news.
Aux power is probably not suited to deal with an outage of this scale. They probably reserved whatever they had at their disposal for emergency calls. Unless those didn't work either in which case damn.
At this very moment, the tower my cellphone hooks to is not providing 5G connectivity. But when I went out to have breakfast and walked just one block I got a good one. So maybe some equipment was damaged by whatever happened (and has still not been repaired, which is understandable).
Yes that's quite likely too
And introducing guest star ".... Washington!?"
I wouldn't rule out Beijing either. They always got a folding chair somewhere.
i thought spain and china are on good terms, or at least compared to most other eu countries
I don't know about their relationship, I just know that chinese tech took root too deep in too much critical infrastructure in Europe.
Spain wouldn't be a primary target and if they would be in their national grid they would most likely hide there until they have a reason for using it (like put pressure or take revenge). Russia on the other hand has already been proven to sabotage stuff in the EU, their main goal being creating chaos and unrest. If it would be either of them, I think Russia is by far a more likely culprit. But let's not jump to conclusions too fast either. You are right China is capable of causing something like this.
Both Spanish and Portugese officals have been talking about the possibility of a cyber attack. The fact that hours later we do not know what happened makes that unforunatly a possibility.
I've also seen resports from credible sources discounting that possibility. So it's probably wise not to jump to conclusions.