Sabotage: several severed cables at the origin of a major internet outage in France

Thu Apr 28 05:19:28 UTC 2022

On 27/04/2022 17:29, Nick Hilliard wrote:

https://twitter.com/apb_laudrain/status/1519252859598032898

-Hank

> + pics:
> 
> https://twitter.com/acontios_net/status/1519296590015606787
> https://twitter.com/acontios_net/status/1519280710762348545
> https://twitter.com/acontios_net/status/1519276453350805504
> 
> Nick
> 
> Paul Ferguson wrote on 27/04/2022 15:17:
>> On 4/27/22 7:08 AM, Sean Donelan wrote:
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>>>
>>> Multiple physical cable cuts in multiple diverse locations in France.
>>>
>>> Several networks that connect the internet infrastructures of major 
>>> French cities were cut overnight, in a short interval. A state source 
>>> evokes with "the Obs" a "coordinated malicious act", which confirms 
>>> SFR and Free affected. An investigation has been opened.
>>>
>>> https://www.nouvelobs.com/faits-divers/20220427.OBS57722/plusieurs-cables-sectionnes-a-l-origine-d-une-importante-panne-internet-en-france.html 
>>>
>>>
>>
>> English language news article, fwiw:
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>> https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/04/27/internet-multiple-cities-across-france-suspected-sabotage/ 
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>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> - ferg
>>
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