So Venezuela's energy ministry is saying the attack that brought down the power grid in Caracas was a physical assault on substations and not a cyber attack.
https://mppee.gob.ve/?p=103279
This contradicts Trump's statement about the US having "expertise" and also the NYT's reporting that the attack "began with a cyberoperation that cut power to large swaths of Caracas." 2/2
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/us/politics/trump-capture-maduro-venezuela.html
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