Cyberattack
Power Station
Olivos and Espinos — cyber-related loss of plant supervision
27 August 2026 · source operating date; precise UTC onset unestablished
Los Vilos, Coquimbo, Chile (town reference)
Incident location
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-31.9100, -71.5100
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What happened
CEN records both thermal plants unavailable for dispatch after Espinos (Potencia) reported loss of supervision and telecontrol attributed to a cyberattack. The log does not establish a connection to Huatacondo. Restoration, attacker and method remain unverified. This grouped town marker is not a surveyed plant location.
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- Evidence
- Reported / attributed
- Confidence
- Moderate
- Infrastructure
- Power Station
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- Latitude
- -31.9100°
- Longitude
- -71.5100°
Attribution
Responsibility has not been established in the cited reporting.