From Gina's Rules of Life:
Once is an accident. Twice is a coincidence. Three times is a pattern.
So what do you call it when it happens a fourth time?
From Engadget:
For the fourth time in a week, an undersea communications cable has apparently been cut (or "failed due to a power outage," as some sources suggest), and while no official reports of subversion have surfaced just yet, things are beginning to get suspicious. Flag Telecom, a subsidiary of Indian conglomerate Reliance ADA Group, has had two cables damaged in the span of a week -- a quandary it has never dealt with until now. As it stands, traffic from the Middle East and surrounding areas is being routed through various other cables in an attempt to remain online, but any more snips and we could be dealing with ping times eerily similar to those seen in 1993 (or much, much larger issues).
Natural causes remain a possibility, but it's becoming more likely that this is a result of deliberate sabotage.
But why?
Who would have a motive, means, opportunity, and temerity?
Look at this chart. There is zero traffic to and from Iran. Communications to India and other countries have also been disrputed.
The speculation as to motives begins. This article is a little bit reassuring, suggesting that fishing boats are greater risk to cables than terrorism. Then again, the risk of terrorist damage to any building, train, bus, plane, or other form of infrastructure is usually very low -- right up until the moment when the risk suddenly becomes 100%.
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