San José (AFP) – A huge power outage plunged millions of people across Central America into darkness Saturday, as authorities from Panama to Costa Rica to El Salvador scrambled to restore electrical service. The blackout affected some five million people in Costa Rica alone, where officials largely Source: Central America hit by massive power outages
Energy watchdog Ofgem has demanded an urgent report from National Grid after a major power cut yesterday caused travel chaos and cut electricity for almost one million people. Source: Government launches probe into mysterious power cut | Daily Mail Online
officials blamed an “electromagnetic attack” against the nation’s hydroelectric system. Source: Venezuela’s lights coming back to life following outage
Almost all of Argentina and Uruguay, with a combined population of 48m, lost their power, supplier says. Source: Electrical failure cuts power to all of Argentina and Uruguay, supplier says – BBC News
The Trump administration is using new authority to take more aggressive digital action in a warning to Moscow and in a demonstration of its abilities. Source: U.S. Escalates Online Attacks on Russia’s Power Grid – The New York Times
A report posted by the Department of Energy found that a potentially unprecedented “cyber event” hit grid operations in the western United States last month. Who was behind it? Source: SECURITY: ‘Cyber event’ disrupted U.S. grid networks — DOE — Tuesday, April 30, 2019 — www.eenews.net
Fort Bragg Army base in eastern North Carolina went into a “blackout” for more than 12 hours as part of cyber attack military exercise. The base sought to see ‘real world reactions’ to a power outage. Source: Fort Bragg Army cut power to thousands as cyber-attack test | Charlotte Observer
Lawyers in Chad on Thursday presented an application to the courts seeking an order to force government to lift a social media blackout. But the Appeals Court struck out the case allowing the government to continue the blackout which has been in force since March 2018. For a year now, Chadians are unable to use … Read moreChad government 1+ year social media blackout to stop activism
Source: Sudan suffers total power outage amid anti-Bashir protests | Africanews
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