FBI Investigating Serial Fiber Cutter in San Francisco The FBI is investigating a series of fiber cuts that have occurred throughout the San Francisco area over the last year. According to the FBI, there were 10 instances on four separate nights when telecom cables were intentionally cut in Fremont, Walnut Creek, Alamo, Berkeley and San Jose. The first cuts were made on July 6, 2014, when cables were severed in Berkeley and Fremont.

According to agents, the perpetrators make be the same individuals who've attacked electrical substations, and may be disguised as utility workers in uniform. "We are hoping for anybody that has seen anything out of the ordinary," states the FBI. The agency claims vandals may be posing as workmen, "so even if it looked like normal uniforms, we'd like to hear so we can vet them out." Here's the dates and times of the cuts, according to the FBI: quote: 7/6/2014, 9:44pm near 7th St. and Grayson St. in Berkeley. 7/6/2014 11:39pm near Niles Canyon Blvd. and Mission Blvd. in Fremont. 7/7/2014 12:24am near Jones Road and Iron Horse Trail in Walnut Creek. 7/7/2014 12:51am near Niles Canyon Blvd. and Alameda Creek in Fremont. 7/7/2014 2:13am near Stockton Ave. and University Ave. in San Jose. 2/24/2015 11:30pm near Niles Canyon Blvd. and Mission Blvd. in Fremont. 2/24/2015 11:30pm near Niles Canyon Blvd. and Alameda Creek in Fremont. 6/8/2015 11:00pm. near Danville Blvd. and Rudgear Road in Alamo. 6/8/2015 11:40pm near Overacker Ave and Mowry Ave in Fremont. 6/9/2015 1:38pm near Jones Road and Parkside Dr. in Walnut Creek. A 2014 report by IDG News concluded that vandalism is the leading cause of telecom outages in the United States, with more than a thousand malicious acts resulting in severe outages since 2007.







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MiddleClass 2 recommendations IluvMoney (banned) Member Suspects? Possible suspects would include:

Unions battling with telecom companies.

Environmental groups that hate big companies and development.

Just some plain old wackos.

Criminal groups shaking down companies for payoffs.

Countries that hate US and are testing out infrastructure disruption scenarios.