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Posted on May 13, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 23, 2026
Spain investigates cyber security at small power plants after a blackout, focusing on vulnerabilities at solar and wind farms.
(Reuters) -Spain is demanding information from small electricity generators on their cyber defences as investigators probing last month’s blackout seek to determine whether they were a weak link exploited by bad actors to bring down the country’s power grid, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday.
Senior government officials have “concerns” about the robustness of cyber defences at small and medium-sized power facilities, notably solar and wind farms, the report said citing one person familiar with the matter.
(Reporting by Mrinmay Dey in Bengaluru; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)
The article discusses Spain's investigation into cyber security weaknesses at small power plants following a blackout.
Spain is concerned about potential cyber vulnerabilities that could have contributed to a recent blackout.
The focus is on small and medium-sized power facilities, particularly solar and wind farms.
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