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Mediterranean Undersea Cables Cut, Again

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the cut-me-twice-shame-on-you dept.

miller60 writes "Three undersea cables in the Mediterranean Sea have failed within minutes of each other in an incident that is eerily similar to a series of cable cuts in the region in early 2008. The cable cuts are already causing serious service problems in the Middle East and Asia. See coverage at the Internet Storm Center, Data Center Knowledge and Bloomberg. The February 2008 cable cuts triggered rampant speculation about sabotage, but were later attributed to ships that dropped anchor in the wrong place."

3 of 329 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Reroute? Hmmmmm.... by iSzabo · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Then why does the US pay so much for it's service?

  2. Re: Dropping Anchor by larry+bagina · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    [citation needed]

    --
    Do you even lift?

    These aren't the 'roids you're looking for.

  3. Re: Dropping Anchor by auric_dude · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    No way, blame it on USS Jimmy Carter SSN 23 http://www.defensetech.org/archives/001397.html and http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/navy/ssn-23.htm