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I read today that a ship anchored off of Alexandria Egypt dragged anchor, and severed the fibre-optic cable that gives almost all of Central-West Africa their internet and data. That was followed by the as yet unexplained failure of a second similar cable that runs down the west coast of Africa. It mentioned that most banking and market trading transactions in several countries were impossible, and that Nigeria was one of the hardest hit.

I LOL'd, thinking that the scammers are getting some time off.

This was headlines on BBC.com