#infrastructure-vulnerability

#infrastructure-vulnerability

As I discovered while researching my latest novel, subaquatic sabotage could be easily carried out and we are woefully underprepared The events of the past few weeks - including ­Donald Trump's threats to ­Greenland, the US seizure of a Russian-registered tanker after its encroachment on Irish waters and the severing of ­telecoms cables in the Baltic - have all come together to highlight one of the great vulnerabilities of contemporary Ireland: the fragile cables that connect us all.

At least 19 people have been killed and 16 injured by the collapse of two buildings in Morocco's historic Fes city, according to the state news agency. The death toll from the collapse of the four-storey buildings on Wednesday included children, local media reported. The buildings were inhabited by eight families and were in the Al-Mustaqbal neighborhood, the state agency said.

The intensity of solar storms is classified into five levels by the US-based National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA): G1-G5. The G stands for the geomagnetic effects triggered by the plasma cloud. Level 5 corresponds to a very strong effect, while level 1 corresponds to a "minor" effect. Now and then, a solar storm rushes to Earth, prompting a barrage of articles warning about potential disruption of the global power supply and phone and satellite communication.

The Microsoft outage that disrupted Teams, Exchange Online, and related services was ultimately caused by an overly aggressive traffic management update that unintentionally rerouted and choked legitimate service traffic.