Tech article
Coordinated disturbances haunt grids worldwide. Here’s how researchers solved the mystery.
Publisher description: Mystery solved: Coordinated power drops have been haunting power grid worldwide, but a team of researchers in Germany found the culprit.
TechCrunch | Nov 8, 2026 | Tim De Chant
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Every 60 seconds, the frequency on the grid would drop a tiny bit. But this frequency drop kept happening minute after minute after minute. To find evidence that UPSes were the main culprit on the grid, Witthaut and his team turned to data provided by grid operators.
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