A look at attacks on internet cables in France in April 2022, when "backbone cables" were surgically cut in three locations around Paris in around two hours (Matt Burgess/Wired)

Matt Burgess / Wired:
A look at attacks on internet cables in France in April 2022, when “backbone cables” were surgically cut in three locations around Paris in around two hours  —  As new details about the scope of the sabotage emerge, the perpetrators—and the reason for their vandalism—remain unknown.