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UN agency: Internet Cables Possibly Sabotaged
Infowar a possibility, warns telecom organization
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The head of the UN backed agency that oversees international telecommunications
has declared that the the cutting of a least five undersea internet
cables earlier this month may be a case of sabotage.
Sami al-Murshed, head of development at the International
Telecommunication Union, the organization established to standardize
and regulate international radio and telecommunications,
has made the following comments:
"We do not want to preempt the results of ongoing
investigations, but we do not rule out that a deliberate act of
sabotage caused the damage to the undersea cables over two weeks
ago."
Murshed, in attendance at a conference on cyber-crime
held in Gulf state of Qatar, further commented:
"Some experts doubt the prevailing view that
the cables were cut by accident, especially as the cables lie
at great depths under the sea and are not passed over by ships,"
Four of the five cables have since been repaired
while the status of the fifth cable is unknown.
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The cutting the cables in several different locations
hundreds of miles apart aroused intense speculation, leading many
to suspect that the activity represents, at the very least, a
warning shot across the bows of certain Middle Eastern and Asian
nations, and may even signify the imminence of a major geopolitical
event.
Internet blackouts were reported in large tracts
of Asia, the Middle East and North Africa after the cable connections
were severed. Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates,
Kuwait, Bahrain, Pakistan and India, all experienced severe problems.
The location of the cables are on shown on nautical
charts, they are also placed within maritime exclusion zones.
The Egyptian government also confirmed
from video footage that there were no ships in the area when the
cables were cut. So whatever happened occurred entirely beneath
the surface of the Mediterranean sea.
Two of the damaged cables, the Flag Europe-Asia cable and Falcon,
are owned by Flag Telecom, a subsidiary of Indian conglomerate
Reliance ADA Group. Flag Telecom has since stated that it has
never had two cables down at the same time in the region.
Flag Telecom's network is also one of the "newest in existence"
so it would be unlikely that the cables would break because of
wear and tear or age.
The speculation continues.
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