Missouri highly impacted by fiber cable ‘acts of terrorism’, Spectrum says

Missouri is one of the states most impacted by vandalism on fiber optic cables, telecommunications company Charter Communications said Monday, calling such attacks “acts of domestic terrorism.”

According to a news release, internet and cable provider Spectrum, which is owned by Charter, has seen a 200% yearly increase in felony attacks on its network through July.

The Kansas City metro has had several vandalism incidents where Spectrum and Google Fiber lines were cut this year.

The attacks affect many establishments, including local emergency services, cell towers and healthcare facilities. There have been 148 Spectrum outages in Missouri this year, according to the release.

Read more: Kansas City Star