Human error caused Mumbai power outage, not cyberattack: Union Power Minister RK Singh

Union Power Minister RK Singh on Tuesday said that the massive grid failure, which hit Mumbai and surrounding areas on 12 October last year, was "caused by human error and not due to cyber-attack".

Union Power Minister RK Singh has denied reports that claimed Chinese hackers were behind the massive power outage in Mumbai last October. Two teams investigated the power outage and submitted that the outage was caused by human error & not due to cyber attack. One of the teams submitted that cyber attack did happen but they were not linked to the Mumbai grid failure: Union Power Minister RK Singh https://t.co/19mShq1QsQ pic.twitter.com/625dyhikJP FM Spokesperson: As staunch defender of cyber security, China firmly opposes&cracks down on all forms of cyber attacks. Speculation&fabrication have no role to play on the issue of cyber attacks.Highly irresponsible to accuse a particular party with no sufficient evidence around. pic.twitter.com/1aB60A4pRR When power went out in Mumbai, I had said that there was something wrong & had constituted 3 committees to probe. I feel media reports that have surfaced are true. Cyber cell will submit report on this by 6pm today to Home Minister Deshmukh: Maharashtra Energy Minister Nitin Raut https://t.co/zX3WkfbQeB pic.twitter.com/DK6iZ0nDTg Singh on Tuesday said that the massive grid failure in Mumbai was "caused by human error and not due to cyber-attack". "Two teams investigated the power outage and submitted that the outage was caused by human error and not due to a cyberattack," he told news agency ANI.