A massive power cut has hit large parts of Spain and Portugal. Shops, restaurants, and card payments were plunged into darkness. Card payments are not being accepted due to the power outage. Huge queues at cash points to get some cash for daily stuff. https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c9wpq8xrvd9t This is why keeping some cash at home or wallet is so important. You never know. Too much reliance on digital world can mess you up badly. I hope it will get sorted out quickly.
@falken @nixCraft The Wikipedia (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_European_power_outage) says '"temperature variations in Spain" causing a rare atmospheric phenomenon'.
We'll see.
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“Juanma Moreno, president of the Andalusian regional government, said a cyber attack is the most likely cause of the disruption to the peninsula’s electricity system.”
Edit: “Portugal’s grid operator REN said a “rare atmospheric phenomenon” in Spain due to “extreme temperature variations” in the country’s interior caused the power outages across the Iberian Peninsula.”
Source: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/04/28/spain-portugal-hit-huge-power-outages/