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Cyber-attack ruled out as cause of Iberian peninsula blackout

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June 18, 2025

The unprecedented blackout that brought the Iberian peninsula to a standstill at the end of April was caused by surging voltages triggering "a chain reaction of disconnections", an expert report commissioned by the Spanish government has found.

- Sam Jones

Spain's environment minister, Sara Aagesen, yesterday ruled out a cyber-attack, saying the blackout was due to a "multifactorial" system failure caused by the network's inability to control grid voltage.

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