Loading ...CYBER ATTACKS HOBBLE EAST AFRICA COMMUNICATIONS
In case you all missed it Farmer has responded to K2s post below regarding the Civil Unrest in Kenya ( where Farmer Lives) . I have copied and pasted the comments here as this is very concerning .
This could be a precursor for what may be in store for us in the West as well
Could WW3 be Featured by the Cutting off of Communications…Just in time for the American Elections ?
Not to mention France and the UK
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FGC
Famer is that You leading the rebellion ?
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Farmer
June 25, 2024 – 2:58 pm at 2:58 pm (Edit)
Not me Fully. I am sucking oxygen like a seniors home so just watching it on TV. The protest went nationwide. It was everywhere. Bedlam. The internet is down to dial up speeds which means its 95% gone. No livestreeaming of video anymore. Text only and even that is dead slow. One of our last undersea cables has been cut today. Phone networks are strugging and I don’t know if even the ATM’s are still working. If I go offline you will know why. All East Africa is in internet darkness all the way down to South Africa.
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Farmer
June 25, 2024 – 3:00 pm at 3:00 pm (Edit)
This is what a cyber pandemic looks like. But the TV still works!
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Farmer
June 25, 2024 – 5:43 pm at 5:43 pm (Edit)
Well I am back and the internet has been restored. So what is this all about anyway? Well, Africa seems be be experiencing a rash of bad luck with its subsea network and telecommunications cables lately. Back in February three cables that serve East Africa that run under the Red Sea were reportedly cut by actions of the Houtis and they had not been restored as of a week ago when I last checked as its an active war zone.
Then in March there was a major disruption when all 4 cables reaching down to South Africa on its West Coast were all cut simultaneously. It was ostensibly because of a land slide underwater but others have mused Mossad was behind it because of the South African Governments intention to prosecute Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahi for war crimes. The paranoia was only increased when three more cables were cut on the east African side of South Africa around May 12th. That brought the number of cuts to 10 of the sub-sea cables servicing Africa and it happened over a mere 60 days nearly bringing SA within a cable or two of going back to the stone age. Indeed, the majority of sub sea cables have been cut this year.
Tonight, Kenya Safaricom was again reporting new damage to two of its subsea cables although others believe the authorities are throttling the service due to an outburst of political protesting that was consuming the East African nation. Its not clear yet how many cables are cut and how many have been repaired other than the 4 West Africa lines. But much of the Southern and eastern continent had slowed down, had marginal service or was off entirely for extended periods of time. At the moment we have internet again so life is good but let me tell you, I realized suddenly just how much i rely on internet for everything from shopping to banking to communications.
Going without is like going naked!
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Farmer
June 25, 2024 – 5:43 pm at 5:43 pm (Edit)
Read about it here
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PS…Farmer Is Starlink an option in your part of the world ?
“PS…Farmer Is Starlink an option in your part of the world ?”
Should be.
And probably advisable given THAT history to team up for a sub.
It can be a second SSID, and others in the pool can gain access if they are in router range. Use a repeater if need be.
The value is obvious now.
Absolutely
I am now thinking of adding it .
It’s not a very user friendly company though
Threy just send the hardware and you need to set it up yourself…No phone support..or even online support
Not to mention that there are no actual satellites in the Starlink system. Its all land based just like GPS. But that is a hard sell for anyone who beleves in the globe maodel of the Earth (which I do not any longer). By the way, yes they have starlink here but its crazy expensive and very slow so I would not buy the equipment.