Ben Sooter

Husband, Dad, ⚡Electrical Engineer, AI-Grid Innovator | Views are my own and do not reflect my employer.

[Dark Web Informer @DarkWebInformer]

There appears to be a massive outage going on...

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[Dave W Plummer @davepl1968]

For me, Windows 2000 was "Peak Windows".

[Matt Johansen @mattjay]

U.S. labs keep finding *undocumented* cellular radios hidden inside some Chinese-made solar inverters & battery packs

Those radios give the gear a second, undocumented path to the internet. Global governments are reacting already: 🧵

[BBC London @BBCLondonNews]

BREAKING: A power failure is causing major disruption across the London Underground network and the Elizabeth line ➡️ https://t.co/zLcdUEpnxT

[Volcaholic 🌋 @volcaholic1]

BREAKING: A power outage has hit the London Underground, causing major travel disruption in the capital - Sky News

[Sky News @SkyNews]

BREAKING: A power outage has hit the London Underground, causing major travel disruption in the capital.

https://t.co/HzIn5SPUeI

[WBIR Channel 10 @wbir]

This morning's reported 4.1 magnitude earthquake struck several parts of the region. Check out this Ring camera footage from Gary King in Maryville!

[EMSC @LastQuake]

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[WBIR Weather @WBIRWeather]

#EARTHQUAKE UPDATE | East Tennessee earthquake near Greenback, TN is now confirmed 4.1 magnitude. #10weather

[WBIR Channel 10 @wbir]

UPDATE: The reported earthquake has been upgraded by USGS from a 3.5 magnitude earthquake to a 4.1 magnitude earthquake. We will update you as we learn more! https://t.co/2kqAJSwbV7

[WBIR Weather @WBIRWeather]

EARTHQUAKE CONFIRMED | 3.5 magnitude earthquake reported in parts of East Tennessee early Saturday morning #10weather

[WBIR Channel 10 @wbir]

EARTHQUAKE REPORT: 3.5 magnitude earthquake reported in parts of East Tennessee early Saturday morning 08793655bc8chttps://www.wbir.com/article/weather/severe-weather/35-magnitude-earthquake-reported-in-parts-of-knoxville-farragut/51-4bf4523d-0f85-43d4-8f78-08793655bc8c

[Ben Sooter @bensooter]

@sjhilt You ok?

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[Michael Shellenberger @shellenberger]

This is truly bananas: all of Europe appears to have been seconds away a continent-wide blackout.

The grid frequency across continental Europe plunged to 49.85 hertz — just a hair above the red-line collapse threshold.

The normal operating frequency for Europe’s power grid is 50.00 Hz, kept with an extremely tight margin of ±0.1 Hz. Anything outside ±0.2 Hz triggers major emergency actions.

If the frequency had fallen just another 0.3 Hz — below 49.5 Hz — Europe could have suffered a system-wide cascading blackout.

At that threshold, automatic protective relays disconnect major power plants, and collapse accelerates.

And it's disturbingly easy to imagine multiple scenarios where that could have occurred...

Full story here:

https://t.co/vETdFuNq3o

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🇪🇸SPAIN BLACKOUT: CYBERSECURITY AGENCY CAUGHT THE RED FLAGS DAYS BEFORE

Spain’s CNI — the agency in charge of spying and cybersecurity — spotted “a significant amount of unusual activity originating from North Africa" days before the power went out across Spain and Portugal.

Now they’re scrambling to figure out if it was a cyberattack, a tech meltdown with France… or just really bad luck.

Trains froze, airports jammed, traffic lights went dead — and now government crisis meetings are stacking up faster than the excuses.

So far: lots of theories, zero answers.

Source: The Objective

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🇪🇸 SPAIN EYES CYBER ATTACK AS POSSIBLE CAUSE FOR BLACKOUT

Spain still doesn’t know what knocked out power across the country — but leaders are now saying a cyberattack is looking more and more likely.

Andalusia’s president told reporters it’s their top theory, and a crisis team has been set up to deal with the chaos.

Source: Reuters, Yahoo

[GeoInsider @InsiderGeo]

The National Cryptologic Center (CCN), part of Spain’s National Intelligence Center (CNI), is currently investigating whether the widespread blackout that affected the peninsula's electricity grid earlier this afternoon is the result of a cyberattack. As the body responsible for safeguarding the cybersecurity of public institutions, the CCN, in collaboration with the National Cybersecurity Institute (INCIBE), plays a key role in protecting critical infrastructure from cyber threats. In recent months, Spain has become one of the most targeted countries for cyberattacks.

[Red Eléctrica @RedElectricaREE]

➡️Empezamos a recuperar tensión por el norte y sur peninsular, clave para atender progresivamente el suministro de electricidad.

➡️Es un proceso que conlleva la energización paulatina de la red de transporte a medida que los grupos de generación se acoplen.

Continuamos trabajando para reponer el suministro.