Practice runs?
To: Kartographer
Maybe they were trying to steal virtual copper.
2 posted on
06/17/2015 9:45:10 AM PDT by
SkyDancer
( I Was Told Nobody Is Perfect But Yet, Here I Am ...)
To: Kartographer
fiber is great but not when everyone is riding on it and its not a redundant ring
3 posted on
06/17/2015 9:47:24 AM PDT by
CGASMIA68
To: Kartographer
In the 70’s-90’s the Bay Area had a number of cases of utility poles being cut most of the way through or bolts removed from utility towers. Seems to be a popular sport for leftist wingnuts.
4 posted on
06/17/2015 9:49:26 AM PDT by
RightGeek
(FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
To: Kartographer
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. So says those who need help finding out who destroyed the Fiber connections? Taking down both power and communications seems like it could be related, ya think?
5 posted on
06/17/2015 9:50:11 AM PDT by
VRWCarea51
(The original 1998 version)
To: Kartographer
Maybe its the same people that hacked into the St. Louis Cardinals' computers. Glad to see the FBI is on the case. (/s)
6 posted on
06/17/2015 9:52:08 AM PDT by
Major Matt Mason
("Journalism is dead. All news is suspect." - Noamie)
To: Kartographer
So if the attacks on the fiber optics are mysterious, how do the “authorities” know that these attacks are unrelated to the rifle attack on the PG&E substation? The most the FBI could say is that no evidence of a connection has been found yet.
7 posted on
06/17/2015 9:52:36 AM PDT by
omega4412
To: Kartographer
Sounds like something com cast would do?
To: Kartographer
9 posted on
06/17/2015 9:54:58 AM PDT by
dayglored
(Meditate for twenty minutes every day, unless you are too busy, in which case meditate for an hour.)
To: Kartographer
...vandals have used tools to intentionally cut the cables....FBI should be looking at Greenpeace, ElF, and PETA because TOOLS were used instead of cable gnawing beavers or squirrels.
11 posted on
06/17/2015 9:58:26 AM PDT by
Covenantor
("Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
To: Kartographer
"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."
How do they know this?
13 posted on
06/17/2015 9:59:12 AM PDT by
Former Proud Canadian
(Save Western Civilization. Embrace the new Crusades.)
To: Kartographer
Being the Bay area I put my money on earth firster treehugger types.
To: Kartographer
Salesguys for satellite internet
To: Kartographer
I suspect someone is purposefully disrupting the fiber connections in order to take advantage of the split-second when traffic is rerouted in order to hijack secure communications.
Breaking these fiber connections would interrupt VPN traffic and someone might be using that moment to commit a crime online.
I’d suspect China first and Russia second. Sadly, I’d also consider the NSA or some other US Government agency as a possible suspect that would want to disrupt secure communications in Silicon Valley so they could hijack or intercept those communications when they’re rerouted...perhaps through someplace in Utah.
20 posted on
06/17/2015 10:26:43 AM PDT by
MeganC
(You can ignore reality, but reality won't ignore you.)
To: Kartographer
Dry run for a grid/comms attack.
21 posted on
06/17/2015 10:32:20 AM PDT by
navyguy
(The National Reset Button is pushed with the trigger finger.)
To: Kartographer
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.
22 posted on
06/17/2015 11:28:32 AM PDT by
gaijin
To: Kartographer
everybody hates the communists at ComCast
24 posted on
06/17/2015 11:53:00 AM PDT by
bert
((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc.;+12, 73, ..... No peace? then no peace!)
To: Kartographer
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.
27 posted on
06/17/2015 3:14:28 PM PDT by
editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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