No, I'm not talking about stealing Metallica songs on the internet. I'm talking about this Reuters story where villages in France are having their telecom copper cables stolen. This is the kind of story that gets reported in developing nations, but it's happening in a so-called "civilized" nation. Authorities say that thieves are taking advantage of soaring copper prices, but I wonder if these thefts are also attacks against France's infrastructure: "criminals stole copper cables used for railway signaling, disrupting high-speed train traffic between the southwestern city of Bordeaux and Paris." We know that terrorists have already attacked Madrid's and London's public transportation, so could this be something more along those lines? Probably not, but France should definitely increase the security profile on telecom infrastructure targets.
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