The unsolved mystery attack on internet cables in Paris

"One who chooses not to conform to prevailing social norms: especially one who subscribes to values or actions such as acceptance or self-practice of recreational drug use, liberal or radical sexual mores, advocacy of communal living, strong pacifism or anti-war sentiment, etc."

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coordinated at the same time partly at night,

using power tools to cut fiber in ways that are hard to repair,

That does scream professional job.

Now I agree that many countries manage their physical network security in a weak/ lousy way.

Interestingly, poorer countries tend to do a better job because they know people will mess with infrastructure.

In the sense they knew where to go to take down primary and backup paths etc. Cut the cables twice to prevent easy splicing etc.

> In June, CyberScoop reported claims that “radical ecologists” who oppose digitalization may be behind the attacks.

I wouldn’t rule out a nation state “practice” attack though.

2 weeks after mass graves were found outside Kyiv. 2 days after Macron wins the election and is congratulated by Putin. Tensions were heightened in unusual ways. Motive was probably not in short supply.

Disgruntled worker Vandalism? Anti-tech vandalism? Attack on broad flows of traffic by a nation-state?

Or maybe a highly targeted attack against an unidentified victim entity who relied on multiple redundant links for security/comms in a sexy French movie-style heist? Someone should check to see if the Mona Lisa has been replaced with a fake.