Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Sylvia Else Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: Vandalism in Arizona Shut Down Internet, Cellphone, Telephone Service Across State Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2015 14:07:05 +1100 Lines: 41 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net tJvEbAAcA75Gs545nJRX/w0721YZyWxaaD1fJUPHTjRn8HX3AF Cancel-Lock: sha1:9EtT+JQXZnxMEvwZq68//Q5THow= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.5.0 In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.misc:6871 On 2/03/2015 4:05 AM, Rich wrote: > http://freebeacon.com/national-security/vandalism-in-arizona-shut-down-internet-cellphone-telephone-service-across-state/ > > Quoting from the URL above: > > Cellphone, Internet, and telephone services across half of Arizona went > dark on Wednesday after vandals sliced a sensitive fiber optic cable, > according to those familiar with the situation. The incident is raising > concerns about the safety of U.S. infrastructure. > > The outage shut down critical services across large parts of the state, > preventing individuals from using their phones, bank and ATM cards, and > the Internet. Critical services, such as police and state government > databases, as well as banks and hospitals, also were affected as a > result of the vandalism. > > The services first went dead around noon MST on Wednesday, causing > complete service interruptions across half the state, from Phoenix to > such northern cities as Sedona, Prescott, and Cotton Wood, according to > an official from CenturyLink, the Louisiana-based communications company > that owns the severed line. > > "There was a vandalism that took place on a fiber optic cable that > basically runs from Phoenix to Northern Arizona," said Alex Juarez, a > spokesman for CenturyLink in Arizona. > > The line, which is composed of extremely thick cable, appeared to have > been cut with a hacksaw, according to Juarez. Phoenix police are > currently investigating the incident and say they have yet to determine > a motivation for the crime. > > "We're not sure what the intent was, but they were able to cut the fiber > optic cable, possibly using a hacksaw," Juarez explained. "It looks like > a pretty straight cut." > > ... > With any luck, next time they'll go after a 500kV transmission cable. Sylvia.