WASHINGTON, Oct. 14, 2025 – Cable vandalism continues to wreak havoc on major internet service providers and expose vulnerabilities in U.S. broadband infrastructure.
Verizon customers in Los Angeles and Charter Spectrum customers in Moore County, North Carolina, experienced widespread outages over the weekend.
According to the Los Angeles Times, vandals cut multiple fiber-optic cables early Friday, leading to service disruptions that stretched into the afternoon. Verizon confirmed the outages were caused by vandalism but did not disclose how many customers were affected or provide an estimated time for repairs…