New sabotage attempt against the Olympic Games: Telephone and fiber cables of telecom operators cut

High-speed trains (TGVs) in France are back to normal, however, this Monday, following the vandalism that occurred on Friday, the day of the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games A second attempt interfering with the development of a world sporting event. The French government is now investigating attacks against various infrastructure telephone operator some incidents have happened as a result six regions of the country In the past few hours, however, Paris has not been affected, as reported by French police.

Accessibility has been harmed by attacks Fiber, Fixed Telephony and Mobile Telephony. “Under my supervision, the Defense Electronic Communication Center is cooperating with the operators until communications and services are fully restored. I strongly condemn these Cowardly and irresponsible act. Thanks to the teams who mobilised to carry out repairs this morning Restore service to damaged locations”, announced Marina Ferrari, State Secretary in charge of Digital Affairs.

According to the newspaper, no major disruptions have been reported so far. Le Mondewhich has collected statements from several affected companies. “This is vandalism,” said Nicolas Chatin, spokesman for SFR, one of France’s four largest operators, clarifying that “large parts of the cable were cut. they’ll have to use the axe or mill.” “Apparently what makes us angry is that we feel The state has not realized the significance of these potential attacks “It’s a threat to France’s strategic infrastructure,” said Nicolas Guillaume of Natalis, another operating company. “We’ve already seen what happened with SNCF (railway operator),” he condemned.

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Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin has confirmed the arrest of a far-left activist for alleged links to sabotage of the French railway network last Friday. The man was arrested by French police on Sunday at a French railway company facility. SNCF in Oissel in the region of Normandy. However, according to Police sources advised France Televisions, For now, the arrests are not related to the vandalism on French high-speed lines.

The French newspaper also mentioned that several politicians in the country have suggested that “ultra-left” activists may be behind the attacks, but there is currently no confirmation of this. Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin told France 2 television that authorities were investigating that theory. French services have identified “a certain number of profiles that could have carried out acts of sabotage”, he said, adding that “the attacks were deliberate, very precise, very well managed”adding that this was “the ultra-left’s traditional way of operating.”

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