French infrastructure was targeted for a 2nd time during the Olympics, with internet and phone cables cut across the country
French phone and internet services were targeted on Sunday night, in the second incident to affect French infrastructure while the nation hosts the Olympics.
Multiple telecommunications operators were experiencing disruption after fiber optic cables were "sabotaged" across six regions of France, French police told Agence France-Presse.
The regions of Bouches-du-Rhône, Aude, Hérault, Drôme in the south and Oise and Meuse in the north had been affected, according to France Info.
"Damages committed in several departments last night affected our telecommunications operators," confirmed. Marina Ferrari, Secretary of State for Digital Affairs, in a post on X.
SFR, one of the affected providers, told France Télévisions that access gates to at least five locations had been damaged and very large cables had been cut, likely with some kind of grinder, France Info reported.
The disruption to broadband services is the second major incident for France's infrastructure as it hosts the 2024 Olympics. It is not known if the two incidents are connected.
