Why Were Three Egyptian Divers Trying To Cut And Sabotage Critical Internet Ocean-Floor Cables That Are Critical For The World Wide Web

The cable targeted, the SEA-ME-WE 4, is 18,800 kilometres long, and is the primary internet 'backbone' between south-east Asia, the Indian subcontinent, the Middle East and Europe. It has 17 landing points, pictured above, which are the areas where the cable comes ashore

Three Egyptian Divers 'Tried To Hack Through Internet Ocean-Floor Cables In Attack That Could Have Taken ENTIRE Continent Offline' -- Daily Mail

* Three men arrested by the Egyptian army for 'cutting undersea cable'
* If the bid was successful it could have taken an 'entire continent offline'
* It comes after one of the biggest cyber-attacks ever launched

Three men have been arrested by the Egyptian army for apparently trying to cut through an undersea Internet cable.

A patrol stopped a fishing boat near the Mediterranean port city of Alexandria and arrested three divers, an army spokesman said on his official Facebook page.

It is believed they were trying to cut through an SEA-ME-WE 4 undersea cable - one of the main connections between Asia and Europe, running from France to Malaysia and linking Italy, north Africa, the middle east and south Asia.

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More News On Egypt Capturing 3 Divers Trying To Sever Critical Undersea Internet Cables

Egypt: Divers caught cutting Internet cable -- CBS/AP
Egypt catches divers cutting Internet cable amid disruptions -- Reuters
Egypt arrests as undersea internet cable cut off Alexandria -- BBC
Egypt catches divers cutting internet cable -- Global Post
Egypt says it arrested 'criminals' trying to sabotage its Internet -- Passport/Foreign Policy
Egypt's navy intercepts internet cable-cutting scuba saboteurs -- Wired
Egypt Captures Divers Trying to Sever Undersea Internet Cables -- PC Mag
Scuba-diving saboteurs caught trying to cut internet -- New Scientist
Three Guys in Scuba Suits Can Do More Damage to the Web Than You Think -- The Atlantic Wire
There is something fishy about the Egyptian cable-cut arrests -- Gigaom

My Comment: This is a disturbing story with many questions .... with the biggest one being why. But there are no answers being offered.