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   Sexy Moon (moon@shitposter.club)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Jan-2023 23:30:55 JST Sexy Moon
   wait a minute the FBI warned about extremists attacking power transformers and somebody attacked a power transformer in Las Vegas and the story's being dropped? What's going on?
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     Doughnut Lollipop 【記録係】:blobfoxgooglymlem: (tk@bbs.kawa-kun.com)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Jan-2023 23:30:54 JST Doughnut Lollipop 【記録係】:blobfoxgooglymlem:

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     @Moon Maybe the people who attacked the substations are the same people who are running the news. :thunk:
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     feld (feld@bikeshed.party)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Jan-2023 00:26:43 JST feld

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     they're being attacked all over the country and not getting any press really
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     feld (feld@bikeshed.party)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Jan-2023 00:27:28 JST feld

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     it's even easier to cause widespread internet outages
     
     the fiber runs along the highways and there are unprotected hand holes you can just pull the lid off, take your bolt cutter and snip the entire fucking bundle
     
     Get like 3 people to coordinate doing it among the major highways of a big city like... say, Chicago... and you can turn the lights out on like a third of the American internet
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     Sexy Moon (moon@shitposter.club)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Jan-2023 00:27:29 JST Sexy Moon

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     @void @feld it was bouind to happen, they are all over the place and impossible to guard
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     Sexy Moon (moon@shitposter.club)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Jan-2023 00:27:30 JST Sexy Moon

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     @feld what in the world is going on
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     void (void@bikeshed.party)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Jan-2023 00:27:30 JST void

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     I keep hearing that from my Americans friend. This is a very weird and concerning situation… attacking power grids, wtf ?

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     feld (feld@bikeshed.party)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Jan-2023 00:27:37 JST feld

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     pray these people never learn how the internet works
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     void (void@bikeshed.party)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Jan-2023 00:27:38 JST void

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     • feld

     There was already some attacks (two or three in the past year, IIRC) in France that targeted big fiber paths. Definitely concerning.

     And knowing how centralized some of theses parts are (coughs TH2 Paris Voltaire) it’s quite scary. A more serious bad actor could really fuck things up wide.

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     void (void@bikeshed.party)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Jan-2023 00:27:40 JST void

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     I think originally, attacks on infrastructure (I’m speaking for attacks on french telcos at least) were mostly by some kind of nuts leftists anarchs/luddites, but I think in the recent years, since COVID, it’s mostly a far-right thing. But both nutjobs do that.

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     feld (feld@bikeshed.party)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Jan-2023 00:27:42 JST feld

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     Hey look I found a website that would make it look like this is some far left conspiracy to fight fossil fuels
     
     https://stopfossilfuels.org/electric-grid/shooting-transformers-disables-substations/
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     feld (feld@bikeshed.party)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Jan-2023 00:27:43 JST feld

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     extremists doing science
     
     South Carolina: https://www.abbevillenow.com/news/transformer-shot-results-power-outage-wednesday-abbeville
     
     North Carolina: https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/power-outage-substations-north-carolina-gunfire-investigation-vandalism-1.6674236
     
     Washington State: https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/2-arrested-power-substation-vandalism-washington-state-96128033
     
     Oregon and Western Washington: https://www.opb.org/article/2022/12/08/string-of-electrical-grid-attacks-in-pacific-northwest-are-unsolved/
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     Sexy Moon (moon@shitposter.club)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Jan-2023 01:32:10 JST Sexy Moon

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     @moffintosh @tk different departments in the CIA yes
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     Moffin'tosh (moffintosh@berserker.town)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Jan-2023 01:32:11 JST Moffin'tosh

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     @tk @Moon Prob differwnt departments