Based on the comments in those messages, apparently the locations on the
internet cabling were not selected carefully enough.
"...and routes around it."
Cheers,
-- jra
On July 30, 2024 12:18:17 PM EDT, Bill Woodcock via Outages
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Also, from Rudolf:
>
>> Begin forwarded message:
>>
>> From: "Rudolf van der Berg" <[email protected]>
>> Subject: Re: [net-econ] Attack on French vital infrastructures
>> Date: July 30, 2024 at 14:10:48 GMT+2
>> To: [email protected]
>> Resent-From: [email protected]
>> Reply-To: [email protected]
>>
>> A quick copy paste from something I wrote on a Dutch site. Google translated
>> it
>>
>> Update: photos of broken cables
>> https://x.com/nguillam/status/1817870929520677023
>>
>> A better source is Numerama. They also link to a number of twitter accounts
>> of serious people in the French internet world who know what's going on.
>> https://www.numerama.com/...-sur-votre-connexion.html
>> <https://www.numerama.com/tech/1781538-le-reseau-de-fibre-optique-francais-victime-dun-sabotage-dans-la-nuit-quel-impact-sur-votre-connexion.html>
>>
>> The affected cables are in 6 areas across the country: 11 (Aude), 34
>> (Hérault), 51 (Marne), 55 (Meuse), 13 (Bouches du Rhône) and 84 (Vaucluse).
>> They seem to be mainly cables from the French operator SFR, which other
>> operators, such as Free, OVH, Bouygues also use. The social effects seem to
>> be limited. The traffic seems to be rerouted. The alternative route is
>> sometimes not ideal, for example there are traceroutes that show that OVH to
>> Orange seems to run via Singapore.
>> https://x.com/BoolKiRool/status/1817819378395570206
>>
>> Downdetector does show that there is an impact, but it does not seem that
>> large banks and other social services have been badly affected.
>>
>> Something similar happened 2 years ago, but the locations are not the same.
>> There were speculations at the time that it could have been extremists
>> (left/right), union members or angry employees. It remains unclear who they
>> really were. So I would not dare to speculate now about who did this. In any
>> case, France has often seen strange sabotage of telecom infrastructure,
>> sometimes done by competing technicians from telcos! Monks have even been
>> arrested for setting fire to masts.
>>
>> (I know some people in the French Internet scene and have been in contact
>> with them about this)
>>
>> Op di 30 jul 2024 om 09:15 schreef Jaap van Till via groups.io
>> <http://groups.io/> <[email protected]
>> <mailto:[email protected]>>:
>>> Dear all,
>>>
>>> Not only the high speed TGV train infrastructure was attacked by fires ? at
>>> several places at the same time, claimed by extreme leftwing people. But
>>> also certain carefully selected optic fiber cables where cut all over
>>> France.
>>> Not much was published about that though. In the press they only mentioned
>>> that in certain “departements”(provinces) Internet access was unavailable,
>>> but that it worked fine in Paris region.
>>> I hope this habit will not spread among political activists, because it can
>>> endanger lives.
>>>
>>> My focus is on “Creating Value by Combining” 🧐😊🤓😁 Van Till’s Law :
>>> 4th Networking Effect: V= N! Value created by Cooperation = N unique
>>> contributors, Factorial. ( Multiplication of shared value).
>>>
>>>
>>
>> _._,_._,_
>> Groups.io Links:
>> You receive all messages sent to this group.
>>
>> View/Reply Online (#32496) <https://groups.io/g/net-econ/message/32496> |
>> Reply To Group
>> <mailto:[email protected]?subject=Re:%20Re%3A%20%5Bnet-econ%5D%20Attack%20on%20French%20vital%20infrastructures>
>> | Reply To Sender
>> <mailto:[email protected]?subject=Private:%20Re:%20Re%3A%20%5Bnet-econ%5D%20Attack%20on%20French%20vital%20infrastructures>
>> | Mute This Topic <https://groups.io/mt/107624032/3299756> | New Topic
>> <https://groups.io/g/net-econ/post>
>> Your Subscription <https://groups.io/g/net-econ/editsub/3299756> | Contact
>> Group Owner <mailto:[email protected]> | Unsubscribe
>> <https://groups.io/g/net-econ/leave/8288426/3299756/621545391/xyzzy>
>> [[email protected]]
>>
>> _._,_._,_
>
>
> -Bill
>
--
Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
_______________________________________________
Outages mailing list
[email protected]
https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/outages
