National electric company of Venezuela (Corpoelec)

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2019: Cyber attacks left Venezuela without light for several days

On March 11, 2019 became the fifth in a row day of lack of electricity honor in all Venezuela. The president of the country  Nicolás Maduro said that cyber attacks from the USA became the reason of blackout

The national power supply system underwent multiple cyber attacks. Nevertheless, we make huge efforts for recovery of stable and permanent power supply in the next few hours — Maduro on the Twitter blog wrote on March 10.

The National electric company (CORPOELEC) specifies that computer sabotage of hydroelectric power station of El-Guri  (the largest hydroelectric power station in the country) in the State of Bolivar became the reason of the incident.  Nicolás Maduro said that the American authorities are capable to deenergize the whole country.

War in a new way: Venezuela the fifth day without light because of cyber attack

As notes the Forbes magazine, shutdown of power supply system in Venezuela by forces of the U.S. Government is quite probable especially as technically it is not difficult to make it, considering that the American companies have access to power grid infrastructure of the South American state. Outdated infrastructure of the Internet and power supply allows those who crack it, to make it completely.

The leader of opposition Huang Gaido expressed the intention  to impose in Venezuela state of emergency  because of failure in power supply system and to ask the international community for the help.

On March 7, 2019 almost all Venezuela remained without electricity. Large-scale problems with power supply were recorded in 23 of 24 states. Due to the lack of electricity shops, medical institutions, banks, the Internet and cellular communication do not work. In Venezuela robberies became frequent.

According to opposition, as a result of cutoff of light of at least 17 people died, and local entrepreneurs lost about $400 million.

Blackout for Venezuela was the longest for many decades. In 2013 in Caracas and 17 of 23 states of the country there was a six-hour blackout, and in the 2018th in eight states people were left without it within 10 hours.^[1]

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