One monkey. Millions without power. The blackout nobody saw coming.

Added: 2026-06-02

[00:00:00]What's the fastest way to shut down a country? Apparently, be a monkey. In Sri Lanka, a monkey entered a power substation and came into contact with critical electrical equipment. That tiny moment triggered a chain reaction through the power grid. Millions of people lost electricity. Cities slowed down. Traffic systems stopped working.

[00:00:20]And somewhere, engineers were forced to explain that the nationwide blackout started because of a monkey, not a cyber-attack, [music] not sabotage, a monkey.