Is the Internet going down? Undersea sub-cables have just broken...

Keep in mind that these cables are very, very expensive.

We talk about redundancy all the time. Many of us are experts in redundancy from the software level all the way up to the infrastructure level.

It's seriously hard to believe this type of thing can occur, on accident or otherwise.

Did that word ever hold any meaning at all?

The second time in less than a year sounds suspicious, but the time you are thinking of was in late January. Is it really any more suspicious to happen again 11 months later rather than 12? It's only a cognitive bias that makes "one year" sound like a much longer time than "11 months". Also consider that this would be the same season and thus similar weather conditions and fishing seasons, and that the accepted conclusion about January's event was that particularly bad weather conditions at the time caused a large number of ships in the Mediterranean to drop anchor, the dragging of which is a common cause of cable cuts.

That it is multiple backbones and they broke simultaneously sounds suspicious, but these cables are all located quite close together, close enough that it's possible they could be severed by the same event. No coordination or intent is necessary.

That it is the Middle East sounds suspicious, but who is the suspect, and what is the motive? The fact is that this is more of an inconvenience than real harm to anybody, and doesn't appear to benefit anybody, either. If it was a US action, why does it primarily inconvenience US allies and economic partners? If it was a terrorist act, why has nobody taken responsibility for it?