Spain's High Court to investigate whether power outage was cyberattack

Power outage in Barcelona
Volunteers from the Red Cross prepare supplies for those trapped at Sants Estacio train station due to the blackout in Barcelona, Spain April 29, 2025. REUTERS/ Bruna Casas
Source: REUTERS

Spain's High Court on Tuesday said it will open an investigation into Monday's huge power outage to find out if a cyberattack against Spanish critical infrastructures may have caused the blackout in nearly all of the Iberian Peninsula.

In that were the case, Judge Jorge Calama would investigate it as a crime of terrorism, a court document showed. Spain's grid operator REE said earlier its preliminary assessment had all but ruled out a cyberattack.

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