Taiwan's main iPhone plant hit by power outage

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A power blackout that affected 5 million households across Taiwan, also affected the science park where iPhone processor firm TSMC is based.




Taiwan has been affected by power outages before, but in this case, the cause was reportedly a malfunction.

According to Nikkei Asia, the Taiwan Power Company says that an unspecified malfunction occurred at its Hsinta Power Plant in Kaohsiung. This directly caused blackouts across southern Taiwan, but subsequent knock-on effects caused outages in northern and central parts of the country.

TSMC is based in the Tainan Science Park, toward the south of the country. Officials at the science park reported that there had been sudden and abnormal voltage changes.

However, the officials are still determining whether the voltage changes have had any impact on the park. Power outages can cause the loss of chips being produced, and it's not clear what TSMC was making at the time.

Some hours after the outage, the local government reported that power had been restored to 75% of households. The process required the Hsinta Power Plant to be disconnected from other power plants, all of which must then be restarted.

"Southern Taiwan will take more time to restore power," said economic minister Wang Mei-Hua said. "Restarting power plants takes some time, too."

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  • Reply 1 of 20
    tenthousandthingstenthousandthings Posts: 1,037member
    This would be a great title for a book about Taiwan’s journey since 1988: “Rebooting Taiwan” …
    edited March 2022
  • Reply 2 of 20
    waveparticlewaveparticle Posts: 1,497member
    AppleInsider said:
    A power blackout that affected 5 million households across Taiwan, also affected the science park where iPhone processor firm TSMC is based.




    Taiwan has been affected by power outages before, but in this case, the cause was reportedly a malfunction.

    According to Nikkei Asia, the Taiwan Power Company says that an unspecified malfunction occurred at its Hsinta Power Plant in Kaohsiung. This directly caused blackouts across southern Taiwan, but subsequent knock-on effects caused outages in northern and central parts of the country.

    TSMC is based in the Tainan Science Park, toward the south of the country. Officials at the science park reported that there had been sudden and abnormal voltage changes.

    However, the officials are still determining whether the voltage changes have had any impact on the park. Power outages can cause the loss of chips being produced, and it's not clear what TSMC was making at the time.

    Some hours after the outage, the local government reported that power had been restored to 75% of households. The process required the Hsinta Power Plant to be disconnected from other power plants, all of which must then be restarted.

    "Southern Taiwan will take more time to restore power," said economic minister Wang Mei-Hua said. "Restarting power plants takes some time, too."

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    Taiwan stoped the completion of its forth nuclear power plant because of protests. The current leader planned a nuclear free power like Germany in the near future. The forth nuclear power plant is located in the north. If it is in operation, this black out in the south will not affect TSMC which is located in the north. 
  • Reply 3 of 20
    lkrupplkrupp Posts: 10,557member
    Last Sunday’s 60 Minutes program on CBS had an excellent segment on how vulnerable power grids are to cyber attacks. Apparently there have been several physical terrorist attacks on the U.S. power grid by unknown actors intentionally shooting up substation transformers to cause a cascade failure.

    Think what would happen if the U.S. power grid were taken down. What a world we live in.
  • Reply 4 of 20
    tokyojimutokyojimu Posts: 529member
    Taiwan’s main iPhone plant? As far as I know, no iPhones are produced on Taiwan, never mind it being the “main” plant.
  • Reply 5 of 20
    waveparticlewaveparticle Posts: 1,497member
    lkrupp said:
    Last Sunday’s 60 Minutes program on CBS had an excellent segment on how vulnerable power grids are to cyber attacks. Apparently there have been several physical terrorist attacks on the U.S. power grid by unknown actors intentionally shooting up substation transformers to cause a cascade failure.

    Think what would happen if the U.S. power grid were taken down. What a world we live in.
    60 Minutes technical knowhow is very poor. After a few years it is still puzzled on what caused the Havana syndrome but keep spreading unfounded accusations. 
    beowulfschmidt
  • Reply 6 of 20
    crowleycrowley Posts: 10,453member
    waveparticle said:
    lkrupp said:
    Last Sunday’s 60 Minutes program on CBS had an excellent segment on how vulnerable power grids are to cyber attacks. Apparently there have been several physical terrorist attacks on the U.S. power grid by unknown actors intentionally shooting up substation transformers to cause a cascade failure.

    Think what would happen if the U.S. power grid were taken down. What a world we live in.
    60 Minutes technical knowhow is very poor. After a few years it is still puzzled on what caused the Havana syndrome but keep spreading unfounded accusations. 
    That's not the piece being talked about though.  Get over your petty grievances.
  • Reply 7 of 20
    waveparticlewaveparticle Posts: 1,497member
    crowley said:
    waveparticle said:
    lkrupp said:
    Last Sunday’s 60 Minutes program on CBS had an excellent segment on how vulnerable power grids are to cyber attacks. Apparently there have been several physical terrorist attacks on the U.S. power grid by unknown actors intentionally shooting up substation transformers to cause a cascade failure.

    Think what would happen if the U.S. power grid were taken down. What a world we live in.
    60 Minutes technical knowhow is very poor. After a few years it is still puzzled on what caused the Havana syndrome but keep spreading unfounded accusations. 
    That's not the piece being talked about though.  Get over your petty grievances.
    I was responding to a post. Some people have been brain washed into thinking everything is conspiracy. 
  • Reply 8 of 20
    crowleycrowley Posts: 10,453member
    waveparticle said:
    crowley said:
    waveparticle said:
    lkrupp said:
    Last Sunday’s 60 Minutes program on CBS had an excellent segment on how vulnerable power grids are to cyber attacks. Apparently there have been several physical terrorist attacks on the U.S. power grid by unknown actors intentionally shooting up substation transformers to cause a cascade failure.

    Think what would happen if the U.S. power grid were taken down. What a world we live in.
    60 Minutes technical knowhow is very poor. After a few years it is still puzzled on what caused the Havana syndrome but keep spreading unfounded accusations. 
    That's not the piece being talked about though.  Get over your petty grievances.
    I was responding to a post. Some people have been brain washed into thinking everything is conspiracy. 
    Power plants being attacked isn't a conspiracy.  No one apart from you has said anything at all conspiracy like.
  • Reply 9 of 20
    waveparticlewaveparticle Posts: 1,497member
    crowley said:
    waveparticle said:
    crowley said:
    waveparticle said:
    lkrupp said:
    Last Sunday’s 60 Minutes program on CBS had an excellent segment on how vulnerable power grids are to cyber attacks. Apparently there have been several physical terrorist attacks on the U.S. power grid by unknown actors intentionally shooting up substation transformers to cause a cascade failure.

    Think what would happen if the U.S. power grid were taken down. What a world we live in.
    60 Minutes technical knowhow is very poor. After a few years it is still puzzled on what caused the Havana syndrome but keep spreading unfounded accusations. 
    That's not the piece being talked about though.  Get over your petty grievances.
    I was responding to a post. Some people have been brain washed into thinking everything is conspiracy. 
    Power plants being attacked isn't a conspiracy.  No one apart from you has said anything at all conspiracy like.
    It has never happened. Therefore it is a conspiracy theory. Like a Hollywood movie never happened. 
  • Reply 10 of 20
    crowleycrowley Posts: 10,453member
    crowley said:
    crowley said:
    lkrupp said:
    Last Sunday’s 60 Minutes program on CBS had an excellent segment on how vulnerable power grids are to cyber attacks. Apparently there have been several physical terrorist attacks on the U.S. power grid by unknown actors intentionally shooting up substation transformers to cause a cascade failure.

    Think what would happen if the U.S. power grid were taken down. What a world we live in.
    60 Minutes technical knowhow is very poor. After a few years it is still puzzled on what caused the Havana syndrome but keep spreading unfounded accusations. 
    That's not the piece being talked about though.  Get over your petty grievances.
    I was responding to a post. Some people have been brain washed into thinking everything is conspiracy. 
    Power plants being attacked isn't a conspiracy.  No one apart from you has said anything at all conspiracy like.
    It has never happened. Therefore it is a conspiracy theory. Like a Hollywood movie never happened. 
    Sure, it has never happened.  I believe you.

    https://www.wsj.com/articles/assault-on-california-power-station-raises-alarm-on-potential-for-terrorism-1391570879
    muthuk_vanalingamtmay
  • Reply 11 of 20
    tmaytmay Posts: 6,342member
    crowley said:
    crowley said:
    lkrupp said:
    Last Sunday’s 60 Minutes program on CBS had an excellent segment on how vulnerable power grids are to cyber attacks. Apparently there have been several physical terrorist attacks on the U.S. power grid by unknown actors intentionally shooting up substation transformers to cause a cascade failure.

    Think what would happen if the U.S. power grid were taken down. What a world we live in.
    60 Minutes technical knowhow is very poor. After a few years it is still puzzled on what caused the Havana syndrome but keep spreading unfounded accusations. 
    That's not the piece being talked about though.  Get over your petty grievances.
    I was responding to a post. Some people have been brain washed into thinking everything is conspiracy. 
    Power plants being attacked isn't a conspiracy.  No one apart from you has said anything at all conspiracy like.
    It has never happened. Therefore it is a conspiracy theory. Like a Hollywood movie never happened. 
    Uhm, it is happening as we speak, a series of attacks on a nuclear plant complex in Ukraine by Russian forces.

    Not a conspiracy theory. 

    • European markets retreated on Friday after Russian forces seized control of Europe’s largest nuclear power plant.
    • A fire broke out at a training facility at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia facility after an attack by Russian forces early Friday morning.
    • Ukraine officials said the situation is now secure, while the U.S. Nuclear Incident Response Team has been activated.

  • Reply 12 of 20
    crowleycrowley Posts: 10,453member
    tmay said:
    crowley said:
    crowley said:
    lkrupp said:
    Last Sunday’s 60 Minutes program on CBS had an excellent segment on how vulnerable power grids are to cyber attacks. Apparently there have been several physical terrorist attacks on the U.S. power grid by unknown actors intentionally shooting up substation transformers to cause a cascade failure.

    Think what would happen if the U.S. power grid were taken down. What a world we live in.
    60 Minutes technical knowhow is very poor. After a few years it is still puzzled on what caused the Havana syndrome but keep spreading unfounded accusations. 
    That's not the piece being talked about though.  Get over your petty grievances.
    I was responding to a post. Some people have been brain washed into thinking everything is conspiracy. 
    Power plants being attacked isn't a conspiracy.  No one apart from you has said anything at all conspiracy like.
    It has never happened. Therefore it is a conspiracy theory. Like a Hollywood movie never happened. 
    Uhm, it is happening as we speak, a series of attacks on a nuclear plant complex in Ukraine by Russian forces.

    Not a conspiracy theory. 

    • European markets retreated on Friday after Russian forces seized control of Europe’s largest nuclear power plant.
    • A fire broke out at a training facility at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia facility after an attack by Russian forces early Friday morning.
    • Ukraine officials said the situation is now secure, while the U.S. Nuclear Incident Response Team has been activated.

    I imagine the nuclear power plant is being used as a human shield by nazis

    /s
    tmay
  • Reply 13 of 20
    waveparticlewaveparticle Posts: 1,497member
    crowley said:
    crowley said:
    crowley said:
    lkrupp said:
    Last Sunday’s 60 Minutes program on CBS had an excellent segment on how vulnerable power grids are to cyber attacks. Apparently there have been several physical terrorist attacks on the U.S. power grid by unknown actors intentionally shooting up substation transformers to cause a cascade failure.

    Think what would happen if the U.S. power grid were taken down. What a world we live in.
    60 Minutes technical knowhow is very poor. After a few years it is still puzzled on what caused the Havana syndrome but keep spreading unfounded accusations. 
    That's not the piece being talked about though.  Get over your petty grievances.
    I was responding to a post. Some people have been brain washed into thinking everything is conspiracy. 
    Power plants being attacked isn't a conspiracy.  No one apart from you has said anything at all conspiracy like.
    It has never happened. Therefore it is a conspiracy theory. Like a Hollywood movie never happened. 
    Sure, it has never happened.  I believe you.

    https://www.wsj.com/articles/assault-on-california-power-station-raises-alarm-on-potential-for-terrorism-1391570879
    It is not a cyber attack and did not cause a cascade of events as the conspiracy theory the poster is imagining. 
  • Reply 14 of 20
    crowleycrowley Posts: 10,453member
    crowley said:
    crowley said:
    crowley said:
    lkrupp said:
    Last Sunday’s 60 Minutes program on CBS had an excellent segment on how vulnerable power grids are to cyber attacks. Apparently there have been several physical terrorist attacks on the U.S. power grid by unknown actors intentionally shooting up substation transformers to cause a cascade failure.

    Think what would happen if the U.S. power grid were taken down. What a world we live in.
    60 Minutes technical knowhow is very poor. After a few years it is still puzzled on what caused the Havana syndrome but keep spreading unfounded accusations. 
    That's not the piece being talked about though.  Get over your petty grievances.
    I was responding to a post. Some people have been brain washed into thinking everything is conspiracy. 
    Power plants being attacked isn't a conspiracy.  No one apart from you has said anything at all conspiracy like.
    It has never happened. Therefore it is a conspiracy theory. Like a Hollywood movie never happened. 
    Sure, it has never happened.  I believe you.

    https://www.wsj.com/articles/assault-on-california-power-station-raises-alarm-on-potential-for-terrorism-1391570879
    It is not a cyber attack and did not cause a cascade of events as the conspiracy theory the poster is imagining. 
    No one mentioned any cyber attacks, lkrupp only mentioned vulnerabilities.  And a power station failing would certainly cause a cascade failure, that's not even slightly a conspiracy.

    You're being weirdly defensive.  Are you imagining that someone is criticising China?  Or is it your mission today to discredit 60 Minutes?
    tmay
  • Reply 15 of 20
    waveparticlewaveparticle Posts: 1,497member
    crowley said:
    crowley said:
    crowley said:
    crowley said:
    lkrupp said:
    Last Sunday’s 60 Minutes program on CBS had an excellent segment on how vulnerable power grids are to cyber attacks. Apparently there have been several physical terrorist attacks on the U.S. power grid by unknown actors intentionally shooting up substation transformers to cause a cascade failure.

    Think what would happen if the U.S. power grid were taken down. What a world we live in.
    60 Minutes technical knowhow is very poor. After a few years it is still puzzled on what caused the Havana syndrome but keep spreading unfounded accusations. 
    That's not the piece being talked about though.  Get over your petty grievances.
    I was responding to a post. Some people have been brain washed into thinking everything is conspiracy. 
    Power plants being attacked isn't a conspiracy.  No one apart from you has said anything at all conspiracy like.
    It has never happened. Therefore it is a conspiracy theory. Like a Hollywood movie never happened. 
    Sure, it has never happened.  I believe you.

    https://www.wsj.com/articles/assault-on-california-power-station-raises-alarm-on-potential-for-terrorism-1391570879
    It is not a cyber attack and did not cause a cascade of events as the conspiracy theory the poster is imagining. 
    No one mentioned any cyber attacks, lkrupp only mentioned vulnerabilities.  And a power station failing would certainly cause a cascade failure, that's not even slightly a conspiracy.

    You're being weirdly defensive.  Are you imagining that someone is criticising China?  Or is it your mission today to discredit 60 Minutes?
    You are a liar! The word cyber attack appeared twice in his post. 
  • Reply 16 of 20
    tmaytmay Posts: 6,342member
    waveparticle said:
    crowley said:
    waveparticle said:
    crowley said:
    waveparticle said:
    lkrupp said:
    Last Sunday’s 60 Minutes program on CBS had an excellent segment on how vulnerable power grids are to cyber attacks. Apparently there have been several physical terrorist attacks on the U.S. power grid by unknown actors intentionally shooting up substation transformers to cause a cascade failure.

    Think what would happen if the U.S. power grid were taken down. What a world we live in.
    60 Minutes technical knowhow is very poor. After a few years it is still puzzled on what caused the Havana syndrome but keep spreading unfounded accusations. 
    That's not the piece being talked about though.  Get over your petty grievances.
    I was responding to a post. Some people have been brain washed into thinking everything is conspiracy. 
    Power plants being attacked isn't a conspiracy.  No one apart from you has said anything at all conspiracy like.
    It has never happened. Therefore it is a conspiracy theory. Like a Hollywood movie never happened. 
    Moderators;

    Please keep an eye on waveparticle's disruptive behavior. He tends to get very belligerent about minutiae, mostly from lack of understanding.

    BTW, your extended "journalism" articles have been uniformly excellent. Please add more of those when possible to our daily AI fare, with or without commenting.
  • Reply 17 of 20
    crowleycrowley Posts: 10,453member
    waveparticle said:
    crowley said:
    crowley said:
    crowley said:
    crowley said:
    lkrupp said:
    Last Sunday’s 60 Minutes program on CBS had an excellent segment on how vulnerable power grids are to cyber attacks. Apparently there have been several physical terrorist attacks on the U.S. power grid by unknown actors intentionally shooting up substation transformers to cause a cascade failure.

    Think what would happen if the U.S. power grid were taken down. What a world we live in.
    60 Minutes technical knowhow is very poor. After a few years it is still puzzled on what caused the Havana syndrome but keep spreading unfounded accusations. 
    That's not the piece being talked about though.  Get over your petty grievances.
    I was responding to a post. Some people have been brain washed into thinking everything is conspiracy. 
    Power plants being attacked isn't a conspiracy.  No one apart from you has said anything at all conspiracy like.
    It has never happened. Therefore it is a conspiracy theory. Like a Hollywood movie never happened. 
    Sure, it has never happened.  I believe you.

    https://www.wsj.com/articles/assault-on-california-power-station-raises-alarm-on-potential-for-terrorism-1391570879
    It is not a cyber attack and did not cause a cascade of events as the conspiracy theory the poster is imagining. 
    No one mentioned any cyber attacks, lkrupp only mentioned vulnerabilities.  And a power station failing would certainly cause a cascade failure, that's not even slightly a conspiracy.

    You're being weirdly defensive.  Are you imagining that someone is criticising China?  Or is it your mission today to discredit 60 Minutes?
    You are a liar! The word cyber attack appeared twice in his post. 
    Once actually, and in reference to vulnerabilities, not any actual attacks.  As I said.  Again, very defensive.  What's your angle here?
    tmay
  • Reply 18 of 20
    waveparticlewaveparticle Posts: 1,497member
    crowley said:
    waveparticle said:
    crowley said:
    crowley said:
    crowley said:
    crowley said:
    lkrupp said:
    Last Sunday’s 60 Minutes program on CBS had an excellent segment on how vulnerable power grids are to cyber attacks. Apparently there have been several physical terrorist attacks on the U.S. power grid by unknown actors intentionally shooting up substation transformers to cause a cascade failure.

    Think what would happen if the U.S. power grid were taken down. What a world we live in.
    60 Minutes technical knowhow is very poor. After a few years it is still puzzled on what caused the Havana syndrome but keep spreading unfounded accusations. 
    That's not the piece being talked about though.  Get over your petty grievances.
    I was responding to a post. Some people have been brain washed into thinking everything is conspiracy. 
    Power plants being attacked isn't a conspiracy.  No one apart from you has said anything at all conspiracy like.
    It has never happened. Therefore it is a conspiracy theory. Like a Hollywood movie never happened. 
    Sure, it has never happened.  I believe you.

    https://www.wsj.com/articles/assault-on-california-power-station-raises-alarm-on-potential-for-terrorism-1391570879
    It is not a cyber attack and did not cause a cascade of events as the conspiracy theory the poster is imagining. 
    No one mentioned any cyber attacks, lkrupp only mentioned vulnerabilities.  And a power station failing would certainly cause a cascade failure, that's not even slightly a conspiracy.

    You're being weirdly defensive.  Are you imagining that someone is criticising China?  Or is it your mission today to discredit 60 Minutes?
    You are a liar! The word cyber attack appeared twice in his post. 
    Once actually, and in reference to vulnerabilities, not any actual attacks.  As I said.  Again, very defensive.  What's your angle here?
    Defender of truths. 
  • Reply 19 of 20
    crowleycrowley Posts: 10,453member
     :smiley: 

    Ok noble knight
  • Reply 20 of 20
    tmaytmay Posts: 6,342member
    crowley said:
     :smiley: 

    Ok noble knight
    The new George...
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