Posted on 06/17/2015 9:44:12 AM PDT by Kartographer
The FBI asked for the public’s help Monday in identifying people who have severed underground fiber-optic cables throughout the Bay Area.
Over the past year, vandals have used tools to intentionally cut the cables in Berkeley, Fremont, Alamo, Walnut Creek and San Jose in 10 separate incidents, most of which happened in the middle of the night, said FBI Special Agent Greg Wuthrich. The cost of the damage was not discosed.
The FBI is coordinating the investigation, which involves several local law enforcement agencies, Wuthrich said.
The cases are not related to a mysterious rifle attack on a Pacific Gas and Electric Co. substation near San Jose on April 16, 2013, that damaged 17 transformers and caused $15 million in damage, authorities said.
But in April 2009, vandals cut underground fiber-optic cables at four sites, knocking out landlines, cell phones and Internet service for tens of thousands of people in Santa Clara, Santa Cruz and San Benito counties.
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Dry run for a grid/comms attack.
Sounds vaguely similar to the attack on the power station south of San Jose and north of Gilroy 18 months ago.
It sounds a lot like training in preparation for something big, my money would be on China or crazy Earth First types who hate tech hipsters.
It’s usually a backhoe operator who rips something up. That’s a new twist on the problem. ;^)
everybody hates the communists at ComCast
I would just get in the truck and go home.
They don’t disclose much about exactly where these cuts were made.
Were they on poles?
Were they in junction boxes?
In old re-purposed pipe lines?
Much of this requires some knowledge to pull off.
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