SAN FRANCISCO – The FBI is working with US police to catch vandals behind nearly a dozen fibre-optic cable cuts in Northern California in the past year.
The latest snips occurred on Tuesday when someone sliced at least three fibre-optic cables in an underground vault in Alameda County east of San Francisco. The cuts disrupted internet and phone service around Sacramento for 20 hours before service was restored.
FBI spokesman Greg Wuthrich said the FBI had known about the separate vandalism incidents and became involved last month because cable cuts in one location could affect businesses and customers in other cities and counties, requiring co-ordination.
