As I mentioned here, conspiracy theories are arising about the nature of the 4 undersea cable cuts in the past week. Security veteran and sage Steve Bellovin comments on the conspiracies here. His closing quote about sums it up for me:
So — I don't know what happened. As a security guy, I'm paranoid, but I don't understand the threat model here. On the other hand, four accidental failures in a week is a bit hard to swallow, too. Let's hope there will be close, open examination of the failed parts of the cables.
