Berlin in the dark: a power outage shakes Germany
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Berlin in the dark: a power outage shakes Germany
"Manuel Atug, an expert in cyber security and critical infrastructure, said the handling of the crisis was “catastrophic”, adding that politicians were seeking to divert attention by focusing on the perpetrators.
“Obviously, not all German municipalities take emergency management, crisis management and civil protection seriously and learn from previous incidents.”
Berlin’s grid lacks backup lines to reroute power..." https://www.ft.com/content/c91dee2f-7cbd-47e0-bba7-15b8c7e8b83e
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Berlin in the dark: a power outage shakes Germany
"Manuel Atug, an expert in cyber security and critical infrastructure, said the handling of the crisis was “catastrophic”, adding that politicians were seeking to divert attention by focusing on the perpetrators.
“Obviously, not all German municipalities take emergency management, crisis management and civil protection seriously and learn from previous incidents.”
Berlin’s grid lacks backup lines to reroute power..." https://www.ft.com/content/c91dee2f-7cbd-47e0-bba7-15b8c7e8b83e
"a well-known weakness that authorities failed to address, he said. Some cables laid out three or four decades ago needed modernising, and spare parts for them were no longer available, he added."
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