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more about #reward more comments → UisteanSisyphus: The Northern California cable cuts seem to have been highly coordinated. It was also a very Al-Qaeda like approach to taking down communications - s... more » LastError: Maybe they should think about putting cables essential to national security someplace OTHER than in a manhole anyone can enter without tools, anywhere... more » Sprzout: Hm. Funny that it happened near San Jose and wiped out a large portion of the SF Bay area...AND it happened during a contract negotiation for AT&T... more » bosskev: Hey, is anyone else feeling a sense of deja vu here? more » Lite: hates Illinois Nazis: Anyone else feeling a sense of deja vu here? more » bosskev: "...their importance to the national security," and tampering with them is both a state and federal crime." I wonder if the FBI could be called in on ... more » Nick: does anyone know if reward money can be taxed and to what degree? private party reward versus government. not really relevant, but i am curious. more » The Illuminator: Zuerst! more » Project_J187: I sure hope it was just some stupid teens who are pissing themselves with worry at the moment. more » Mr.V.: Just a pissed-off worker, probably. And it's odd that they think a hit to AT&T is a national security threat. Because almost nobody I know HAS AT&... more » nutbastard: yeah it's affecting communications between our office and the central office down south. what an asshole this guy is. more » Mike Macuga: I work in a Wide Area Network Operations center and i will tel you this fiber cut was a pain in the ass today. Thousands of customers ranging from 9-... more » nerdtalker: The point is, why aren't these systems self healing? Are they even IP routed? Ideally, something like an IP network should be able to detect if a link... more » badhatharry: I say we tell them it was Ponies, and split the reward. Who's with me? more » philibuster: There's no backup route for telephony? Seems that that might be an issue in emergencies such as earthquakes, where cables can be severed. more » -
#crime
AT&T Fiber Optic Cable Vandalism: Reward Bumped to $250k
Fiber optic cables in northern California belonging to AT&T were sliced recently. AT&T originally offered $100,000, but they've raised the reward to $250,000 after seeing the severity of the vandalism. [Yahoo] -
#reward
AT&T Putting Up $100,000 Reward For Cable Cutting Vandals
AT&T has announced a $100,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the saboteurs that recently cut fiber optic cable in the San Jose region. More » -
#microsoft
Microsoft and Cybersecurity Superfriends Offer $250k for Conficker Worm Maker
Microsoft is offering a $250,000 bounty for the Conficker worm's designer. Microsoft isn't alone in this hunt for the writer of the biggest PC worm in recent history. More »
