News Overnight fiber optic sabotage disrupts telecommunications in several French regions — Paris and the Olympic Games unaffected

[Admin]

Just days after saboteurs struck France's train network, unknown parties cut fiber optic bundles, affecting phone and internet service in several country regions.

Overnight fiber optic sabotage disrupts telecommunications in several French regions — Paris and the Olympic Games unaffected : Read more

 

[husker]

Perhaps a small-scale test before the main attack. Infrastructure of this sort seems quite vulnerable, and an increasingly tempting target in many countries.

 

[pf100]

Perhaps a small-scale test before the main attack. Infrastructure of this sort seems quite vulnerable, and an increasingly tempting target in many countries.

I think they tried to interrupt communications for the Olympics, but yes, you're right in that "they" used a common strategy to cripple infrastructure which is often a test.