HOW DID EGYPT SHUT DOWN THE INTERNET? A POSSIBLE SOLUTION.

Does anyone recall this story?

[link to www.itsecurity.com]

Since Jan. 30, 2008, there has been a troubling pattern of underwater anarchy. At first, it was reported that two, then three, then five undersea fiber-optic cables in key bottlenecks global undersea Internet connection — off the coast of Egypt and in the Persian Gulf — had been severed. Initially, reports claimed that the two Egyptian cuts were due to a ship’s dragging anchor during inclement weather — an explanation that has since been discounted. In the meantime, three more cables appear to have been severed, (for a total of five), all with direct connections to the Middle East, India and Southeast Asia.

And now this: "A US Senate committee has approved a wide-ranging cybersecurity bill that some critics have suggested would give the US president the authority to shut down parts of the Internet during a cyberattack." [link to news.techworld.com]

Connecting dots & speculation, but interesting nonetheless.