Fifth Underseas Cable Cut - Am I The Only One Who Things Something Fishy Is Going On?

February 6th, 2008 • Related • Filed Under

Over the last week, a number of undersea fiber optic cables have been severed in the Middle East. So far no explanation has been given for how the cables are being cut. But, surely the odds of FIVE cables being cut in a week are very high and they can’t be accidents. I’m not normally someone who spreads conspiracy theories, but I’m convinced there’s a cover-up going on somewhere….

If it is an act of terrorism, I can’t work out which group would be responsible given the huge numbers of people and countries affected. Estimates are that at least 60 million users in India, 12 million in Pakistan, six million in Egypt and 4.7 million in Saudi Arabia have been affected by the cuts.

What do you think? Are the cuts acts of terrorism? Or, do you think someone is blackmailing the operator Flag Telecom?

Update:  I like Om Malik’s Kraken theory ;-)

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Everton is based in London and has worked in the internet and mobile space for over ten years now, and before that worked in corporate strategy and consulting. He has a degree in Economics from Cambridge University, and currently runs the Portal and online operations for one of the largest ISPs in the UK.

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    Comment by Sparx on 7 February 2008:

    Am I The Only One Who Things Something Fishy Is Going On?

    Fishy….ha !
    Nice pun, Everton, even if it were unintended.

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    Comment by Zath on 7 February 2008:

    It certainly seems a bit odd!

    I’m sure that cyber-terrorism and knocking out the communication hardware will become a more used terrorist/warfare tactic in the future!

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    Comment by Mark from Bloglyne on 7 February 2008:

    Nice pun - ha!

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    Comment by Jawwad on 9 February 2008:

    Well, I can tell you that in Pakistan many Service Providers are effected but this under sea cable cutting has not happened for the first time either as it happened previous year as well(and the year before that as well!)as I can remember and businesses are very badly effected here. I am not sure that why this has to happen every year to us.

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