In Johnston County, someone stole nearly 100 feet of fiber optic cable from Rains Mill Road in the eastern part of the county, knocking hundreds of Spectrum customers, including Wayne County schools offline. And they've just about had it: Charter, which recently faced a string of fiber cuts in California and Missouri, went so far as to call the damage “ nothing short of domestic terrorism. ” Fiber cuts in Van Nuys, California last. LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- When a communications cable is cut, it can be hundreds of fiber lines serving thousands of customers. Fixing it has been described as putting spaghetti back together. "It is absolutely frustrating and the events have been increasing in frequency," said Rob Meyer, the vice. This assessment seeks to provide law enforcement and public safety partners with an overview of how DVEs could adopt tactics used by criminal actors to damage US critical infrastructure to further their ideological goals.
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