CARACAS: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s government has accused the US of “cyber sabotage” to knock out the country’s central hydroelectric complex and leave the nation largely without electricity since Thursday afternoon.Experts say it’s possible, but a simple breakdown of ageing equipment is much more likely.Venezuela has the fourth largest hydroelectric complex in the world that lies on the Orinoco river at Guri in the southern state of Bolivar.But the power went out in late afternoon on Thursday and five days later, authorities were still struggling to reconnect electricity nationwide.Jeff Middleton, the chief technology officer at TheVault, a company that secures …read more
Source: theSun
