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Police Hunt Silicon Valley Phone Vandals

50K lose service in attack that highlights systems' vulnerability

By Will McCahill,  Newser Staff

Posted Apr 10, 2009 11:50 AM CDT

(Newser) – Authorities in Silicon Valley are hunting for saboteurs who cut fiber-optic telecom cables, leaving more than 50,000 customers—including police and hospitals—in parts of three counties without phone and internet service, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Ten cables were severed, crippling 911 operations,...   Read full story »

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