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Attacks on Fiber Networks in California Baffle FBI
WSJ ^
| 8/12/15
| Drew FitzGerald
Posted on 08/13/2015 12:55:43 PM PDT by Kartographer
The attacker struck close to midnight, climbing into a manhole at the mouth of California’s Niles Canyon and slicing a series of cables that collectively carried billions of bits of Internet data.
Hundreds of miles away at a Zayo Group Holdings Inc. network operations center in Tulsa, Okla., engineers saw the disruption immediately and later a second break made further up the road the same February night.
As monitoring software lighted up with red bars indicating several circuit failures, technicians pinpointed the breaches at a familiar place—the site of two previous cuts. Several months later, in June, Fremont, Calif., police reported a fifth cut.
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May be the FBI can borrow Inspector Clouseau to get to the bottom of things. Hopefully before someone knocks out the nations communications grid.
To: Kartographer
Disgruntled ex-employee is my guess.
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posted on
08/13/2015 12:58:40 PM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: Kartographer
Or maybe someone looking for some overtime.
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posted on
08/13/2015 12:58:56 PM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: Kartographer
Maybe he thinks he gets enough roughage in his diet...
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posted on
08/13/2015 12:59:18 PM PDT
by
WayneS
(Yeah, it's probably sarcasm...)
To: Kartographer
As monitoring software lighted up with red bars indicating several circuit failures, technicians pinpointed the breaches at a familiar place—the site of two previous cuts. As if no one would ever do that again?
Was nothing changed to make this more difficult, even after two previous events?
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posted on
08/13/2015 12:59:22 PM PDT
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
To: Kartographer
the nations communications grid. —
Or the source of all brainwashing; depends on your perspective.
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posted on
08/13/2015 12:59:44 PM PDT
by
Scrambler Bob
(Using 4th keyboard due to wearing out the "/" and "s" on the previous 3)
To: WayneS
Maybe he thinks he gets enough roughage in his diet...Maybe he thinks there is too much 'roughage' on the web.
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posted on
08/13/2015 1:00:12 PM PDT
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
To: Kartographer
Time to design lockable manhole covers.
8
posted on
08/13/2015 1:01:11 PM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: Kartographer
This FBI...will only find the perp if he is a God lovin’ white guy.
9
posted on
08/13/2015 1:02:21 PM PDT
by
ColdOne
(I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11)
To: Yo-Yo
now there is a tough job. better get a messican to do it.
10
posted on
08/13/2015 1:02:24 PM PDT
by
telstar12.5
(...always bring gunships to a gun fight...)
To: Kartographer
Wonder if there is picture of Barney Fife on the wall at FBI Headquarters..
or even a Shrine to him.. with candles and everything..
11
posted on
08/13/2015 1:03:29 PM PDT
by
hosepipe
(This propaganda has been edited (specifically) to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
To: Yo-Yo
They already exist and are not all that much more expensive than standard frames and covers.
NOT using them for such sensitive installations is inexcusable.
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posted on
08/13/2015 1:03:29 PM PDT
by
WayneS
(Yeah, it's probably sarcasm...)
To: Kartographer
I’d be looking for a suspect with a turban and a pair of bold cutters.
To: dfwgator
“Like the previous six, the victim was found folded neatly in half inside a trash dumpster.
Police are baffled.”
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posted on
08/13/2015 1:05:51 PM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
To: Buckeye McFrog
I’d be looking for a suspect with a turban and a pair of bold cutters. Definitely not the guy with the meek cutters!
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posted on
08/13/2015 1:06:53 PM PDT
by
NonLinear
(Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.)
To: NonLinear
This is a pretty bold cutter:
Could be "pretty bold" or "pretty, bold". ;)
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posted on
08/13/2015 1:10:03 PM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
To: Kartographer
Same general area as the test run on the electrical grid by shooting up a sub-station.
Someone is dry-running a total takedown of technical infrastructure.
The FBI had better get busier.
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posted on
08/13/2015 1:12:01 PM PDT
by
Uncle Miltie
(#BlackLivesMatter ??? #StopKillingEachother !!!)
To: driftdiver
Could also be a guy that needs more overtime. Remember the fire fighter that started fires to get more work,
To: Kartographer
For sure an inside job...
LESSON #1: Never Ever Hire A Muslim!
LESSON #2: Learn Lesson #1 IDIOT!
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posted on
08/13/2015 1:17:38 PM PDT
by
PoloSec
( Believe the Gospel: how that Christ died for our sins, was buried and rose again)
To: driftdiver
Sorry you already said that down thread.
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