[svlug] Internet Cables Cut -- Two Articles

[Chris Miller]

On Feb 7, 2008 11:37 AM, Rick Moen <rick at linuxmafia.com> wrote:
> Quoting Mark S Bilk (mark at cosmicpenguin.com):
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> > Since we rely so much on the Internet....
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While I won't pretend to have read those articles (looked like a lot
of consipracy theory FUD to me) I will leave you saying that it sounds
to me like someone or some group is trying to make a statement about
something.

Making a statement is a form of communication.  Like crackers which
break into systems to demonstrate vulnerabilities that will otherwise
go unpatched, this is probably someone fed up with the refusal to
innovate a better kind of undersea cable, or some other kind of
similar "catch the attention of X group" behavior.

Given that it's the middle-east, I would even suspect terror cells.  I
say suspect with the express statement that I have significant doubts.
 Terrorists use Internet communication to further their goals (or so
I'm told; I have never been a terrorist) and it seems
counterproductive for them to destroy one of their communications
networks.  On the other hand, suppose this is a terror cell or
organization which doesn't use the Internet?  As I said, I suspect,
but I can only go that far.

Then again, if I could go further, I probably would be over there
investigating, not in my armchair postulating.


As for the fat-men behind the Government theory, I must refer you to
the recent Popular Mechanics article(1).  There isn't a way for this
tide of change to reverse itself without some apocalyptic
repercussions.

1. http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/military_law/4237005.html

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