Internet Traffic Disrupted by Epidemic of Undersea Cable Cutting

      (graphic courtesy of Gizmodo.)  
"In this strange maritime epidemic, the number of undersea cables cut in incidents around the Middle East and South Asia now totals five," reports Gizmodo.

From Khaleej Times: Quoting TeleGeography and describing the effect the cuts had on the Internet world, Mahesh Jaishanker, executive director, Business Development and Marketing, du, said, “The submarine cable cuts in FLAG Europe-Asia cable 8.3km away from Alexandria, Egypt and SeaMeWe-4 affected at least 60 million users in India, 12 million in Pakistan, six million in Egypt and 4.7 million in Saudi Arabia.”

From Gizmodo via Khaleej Times via Slashdot