Technicians labeled the incident as a network router failure but are still checking into the possibility that the company was the target of an attack.

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Living my life fearing failure could have been the result of this incident.

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"I also regard the failure of the authority to visit every house after the incident to advise them to thoroughly flush their systems as a serious dereliction of their duty, " he said.

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During the first incident on Sunday, the vandals interfered with equipment causing a power failure in 6, 000 properties.

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Now, at this stage in the review process it appears that this incident was not the fault of a single individual or organization, but rather a systemic failure across organizations and agencies.

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