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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. Re:Goldfinger meets Pogo by JohnnyGTO · · Score: 0, Troll

    I agree with AC we would want more information to flow into Iran not less, and yes you are an idiot. I'll give you odds it's the Iranian's own government.

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  2. Re:Goldfinger meets Pogo by BronsCon · · Score: 0, Troll

    wut r yew tulkin gabaut?

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  3. Re:Islamic Republic of Iran by Buelldozer · · Score: 0, Troll

    OT I know but replace "asshats" with "The Media" and "Iran" with "United States" and the situation seems fairly familiar to me.

  4. Re:Iran has NOT "offline" by konohitowa · · Score: 0, Troll

    Re:Iran has NOT "offline" (Score:0, Troll)
    by konohitowa (220547) on Wednesday February 06, @08:29AM (#22321266)
    Wow. I'm amazed you got away with a +3 interesting on that [so far]. Any kind of coherent discussion that doesn't toe the party line around here usually dooms one to -1 Troll/Flamebait/Off Topic or similar. Nice job!

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