Massive Power Outage Paralyzes Turkey

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday March 31, 2015 @08:50AM from the taken-for-granted-until-it's-gone dept.

wiredmikey writes: A massive power outage caused chaos and shut down public transport across Turkey on Tuesday, with the government refusing to rule out that the electricity system had been the victim of an attack. The nationwide power cut, the worst in 15 years, began shortly after 10:30 am (0730 GMT) in Istanbul, the state-run Anatolia news agency quoted the Turkey Electricity Transmission Company (TEIAS) as saying. Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said the authorities were investigating whether the power outage was due to a technical failure or cyber-attack. "It is too early to say now if it is because of a technical reason, a manipulation, a faultplay, an operational mistake, or a cyber (attack). We are looking into it... We cannot say they are excluded possibilities."

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Occams Razor: Bad Infrastructure by Anonymous Coward · 2015-03-31 09:08 · Score: 3, Insightful

There was never in the history of mankind a power outage because of a cyber attack. So why this propaganda spin of a possible cyber attack?
Most likely it was because of a grid on its limits, combined with a minor/medium failure in a transmission line/power station.
Re:I wonder what this means... by Tablizer · 2015-03-31 09:53 · Score: 3, Insightful

there is something big afoot

Come on, it's premature to blame it on Sasquatch

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