Communications officials noted that the collective disruption of the fiber cuts in Missouri is comparable to that of the June ...

A spokesperson for Spectrum said that they discovered that lines had been cut due to vandalism. Outages began at 3 a.m. in the Los Angeles area. The cut fiber optic cables lying on the side of a road.

Charter says sabotage to its network in Missouri proves the need for stronger laws that impart tougher criminal penalties on vandals who disrupt telecom services.

The problems in Missouri follow a June 15 attack on Charter’s Spectrum communications network in Van Nuys, California that the company also described as an act of domestic terrorism.

(CNN) — Internet and cable provider Spectrum has reported outages in Los Angeles are “caused by a criminal act of vandalism,” according to a company post Sunday on X.

Thirteen cables were severed in the June 15 incident, cutting service to a U.S. military base, 911 and other emergency dispatch centers, fire and police departments and healthcare facilities.

An outage that affected customers across the Los Angeles, Van Nuys and surrounding areas on Sunday morning was allegedly caused by what Spectrum described as a “criminal act of vandalism,” and ...

Charter Communications reports Missouri is facing a 200% rise in fiber cable vandalism, causing major Spectrum outages and ...

Last month's vandalism of Spectrum fiber-optic lines — which temporarily knocked out internet service for more than 50,000 customers in Los Angeles and Ventura counties — should be labeled ...