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There have recently been layoffs at Scopelec, an Orange subcontractor. Some media in France hinted at a link between these layoffs and this sabotage.

That sounds more likely than this weird claim.

> 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.

Possible, but very similar to theft, it is usually an "inside job".

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

I would...

Backbone routers scattered across the country suddenly go dark, nobody has any idea what happened, and logs are missing? Sure, you can pin that on nation-states if you want. Or APTs, Annoyingly Persistent Teenagers, depending on the style of the attack.

"Physically going into another nation and cutting their infrastructure up" is closer to an act of war than most nations will get for "practice."

French and in IT? Good god.

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