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The latest in an increasingly worrisome string of vandalism affecting fiber lines in Northern California has prompted AT&T to offer up a $250,000 reward for information leading to an arrest of whomever is responsible. Local media reports indicate the latest apparent acts of vandalism occurred on Monday night when fiber lines were accessed via a manhole and severed at two locations in Livermore, Calif., which is across the bay and about 40 miles inland from San Francisco. The FBI is also looking into the matter. Earlier this summer, Special Agent Greg Wuthrich said, “Anyone who may have been in these...

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...