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1. cube00 · 1790017251 · focus · HN ↗

   > When it went to flip into the backup, we discovered that the backup fiber had a break

   Pretty grim that a life critical system wasn't designed to report that the backup fibre was unserviceable until they attempted to switch over to it.

   I wonder how long it was down? Days, weeks, months?

   1. krashidov · 1790018516 · focus · HN ↗

      Could this be sabotage?

      1. pvaldes · 1790020300 · focus · HN ↗

         I would put my money on it.

         Similar events happened in Europe disguised as thieves stealing fiber optic. This does not have any sense economically, as the value in the market is zero so... either is an honest accident and is cleared in a few days, or is sabotage

         1. rcostin2k2 · 1790021572 · focus · HN ↗

            This used to happen more often in the past, when copper thieves mistook fiber for conductor. There were cases where critical systems were shut down due to fiber optic theft, and the thieves were caught burning the sheathing to expose the... glass.
         2. MC995 · 1790022280 · focus · HN ↗

            >disguised as thieves stealing fiber optic. This does not have any sense economically, as the value in the market is zero

            Do you honestly think that crackheads think that far in advance?

            I've seen fiberoptic cables stolen from 2 (city) jobsites in the last 5 years, once by tweakers later caught trying to sell them as scrap copper and the second thief was never caught. This happened even though the spools had big signs on them saying "Fiber Optic Cable - NO COPPER".

            1. pvaldes · 1790068420 · focus · HN ↗

               > big signs on them saying "Fiber Optic Cable - NO COPPER".

               Crackheads can be manipulated easily, or bribed. Maybe the value was in that they were paid with $50 in drugs for doing that.

               People too dumb to plan X and to inconsistent to spend several days honing the plan, somehow avoided all the traps and locks, go for the precise location and do X... either they worked in the place and are very familiar with each room, or there is a director manipulating them.

               With the added value that addicts can be overdosed easily if they try to strike back and treat to getting too talkative. Nobody would bat an eye.

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