Rambler OP wrote on April 10, 2021 at 1:51 AM (edited on April 10, 2021 at 1:53 AM)

I mean, it'd just fallover to a backup location Aside from some small outages, it'd have no real major impact on the availability of the interent and websites and the greatest impact would be obviously the potential loss of life in such an attack.

Now, backhoes, scuba gear and fiber lines is another story if internet infrastructure disruption is a goal... It'd all get replaced / patched eventually but it'd still fuck shit up for a while.

onion wrote on April 10, 2021 at 4:27 AM

Apparently in 2012 there were telecommunications outages in nine African countries because of a passing ship dragging an anchor.

https://www.computerworld.com/article/2729988/wreck-of-undersea-cables-shows-the-backhoe-isn-t-the-only-natural-enemy-of-the-internet.html

takeheart wrote on April 10, 2021 at 3:51 AM

Corporate cocksuckers deserve to die. Infrastructure is replaceable, specialists servicing it less so. If they have no morals, let them be deterred by fear. Those who oppress people for corporate blood money should know what's coming to them.

US arrests suspect who wanted to blow up AWS data center, "in an attempt to 'kill of about 70% of the internet'."

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Rambler OP wrote on April 10, 2021 at 1:51 AM (edited on April 10, 2021 at 1:53 AM)

onion wrote on April 10, 2021 at 4:27 AM

takeheart wrote on April 10, 2021 at 3:51 AM