REN, the Portuguese power network operator, denied any involvement in a statement on social media attributing a massive blackout across the Iberian peninsula to a rare atmospheric event. Following a widespread outage affecting nearly 60 million people, a message circulated suggesting that a fault in Spain's electricity grid was caused by atmospheric phenomena. However, REN refuted this claim, and the Spanish weather office confirmed no unusual conditions existed. Spanish grid operator REE also dismissed the possibility of a cybersecurity incident as a cause of the blackout.
"REN confirms we did not put out this statement," spokesman Bruno Silva told AFP, without giving further details. The message in Portuguese circulating on social media said the shutdown was due to 'a fault in the Spanish electricity grid linked to a rare atmospheric phenomenon.'"},{
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