Yes, but it was hackers that did the poor maintenance.

On Mon, 9 Nov 2009 [email protected] wrote:

> On Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:30:27 PST, Robert Graham said:
> 
> > The thing is, though, we are in far greater danger from accidental 
> > failures, 
> > or from the Chinese/AlQaeda strategically placing bombs on the grid.
> 
> This just in: The hackers that took out the Brazilian power grid?  Turns out
> it was a poorly maintained insulator:
> 
> http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/11/brazil_blackout/
> 
> 

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