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Fifth Cable Cut To Middle East

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the now-wait-a-minute dept.

You may have noticed a number of stories recently about undersea cables getting cut around the world. Apparently the total is now up to 5, but the scariest part of this is that Iran is now offline. You can also read Schneier's comments on this coincidence. Update: 02/06 17:42 GMT by Z : As a commenter notes, though the country of Iran is obviously experiencing some networking difficulties, it is not offline.

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  1. A communications disruption? by daveewart · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    A communications disruption can mean only one thing: Invasion.

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  2. Re:Iran has NOT "offline" by numbsafari · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Love the Elvis ref.

  3. Re:Goldfinger meets Pogo by metamatic · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    So do the children being kids being executed [stopchildexecutions.com] by the regime.

    You know who else executes children? The USA.

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  4. We have met the enemy, and he is the moderator. by fyngyrz · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    You have to love a "flamebait" moderation on a perfectly rational, factual, on-topic post.

    Slashdot: where moderation is a form of humor. ;-)

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  5. Re:Goldfinger meets Pogo by not-enough-info · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    That is certainly debatable. Though, as an AC, I don't suppose you're going to come back to this post anyway.

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