最近，社交媒体上出现了一些关于“海底光缆被切断”的消息，有说是美国拥有的海底光缆被切断的，也有说是欧亚海底光缆被切断的。尽管相互矛盾，但这些消息无一不指向与美国相关的阴谋论。
许多人在讨论，但是他们忽略了一个非常重要的前提：最近是否有海底光缆被破坏？
接下来，我将对“欧亚海底光缆被切断”这一说法进行证伪。
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为不耐心的读者先上结论：近期关于海底光缆被切断的消息的真实性微乎其微。
下面是以关键词 “Submarine Cable Disruption” 在 Google 于 2023 年 6 月 24 日搜索近一周内的消息的结果：
如图所示，近一周的消息里并没有任何关于海底光缆被破坏的事实报道。
接下来，我将对这篇文章提到的消息进行分析，哪怕是瞎掰的那也总有出处吧。
目前，正在运作的欧亚海底光缆系统共有九个：
PEACE
Asia Africa Europe-1 (AAE-1)
Middle East North Africa (MENA) Cable System/Gulf Bridge International
SeaMeWe-3
FLAG Europe-Asia (FEA)
IMEWE
Europe India Gateway (EIG)
SeaMeWe-5
SeaMeWe-4
下表是这九个海缆系统的详细信息：
在这其中，符合“连接埃及北部的亚历山大和意大利南部的西西里岛”的条件的欧亚海缆系统共有四个：
SeaMeWe-3
SeaMeWe-4
IMEWE
FLAG Europe-Asia (FEA)
在 Google 以关键词“Submarine Cable Disruption”进行搜索，我很快便发现一起与该文描述的事件十分相似的海底光缆故障事件。
上文的一处诡异行文令我注意到了这个段落，上文提到的“法国电信”在 2013 年便已改名为 Orange ，为什么要对一起发生在 2023 年的事件的相关实体使用其 2013 年之前的旧名称呢？
现在我明白了，这个页面描述的事情发生在 2008 年，所以此处使用“France Telecom”，而上文的编者并不明白法国电信和 Orange 的联系，所以在搬运的时候并没有将法国电信改为 Orange 。
根据该维基页面的引用列表，我还找到了对这起事件的原始报道所在的页面。
三条重要的欧亚海底光缆同时遭到破坏，承担着中东、欧洲以及美国间75%的国际通信流量的这些光缆被切断。其中一条光缆连接了埃及北部的亚历山大和意大利南部的西西里岛，具体位置位于西西里岛和突尼斯之间的西西里外海。这场意外事件导致埃及互联网陷入瘫痪，80%的网络服务中断。
On 19 December 2008 France Telecom issued a press release stating that the FLAG Telecom, SEA-ME-WE 4, and SEA-ME-WE 3 cables, linking Alexandria, Egypt, Sicily, and Malta, had been cut by either bad weather conditions or a ship's anchor, resulting in substantial slowdowns in communication traffic, with Egypt experiencing an overall 80% reduction in Internet capacity. (2008 submarine cable disruption - Wikipedia)
Three international submarine cables in the Mediterranean Sea were damaged on 19 December, causing significant disruptions to internet and phone traffic in the Middle East, India and all of the Gulf states. The location of the fault was thought to have occurred between Tunisia and Italy. The three damaged cables are the Flag Europe-Asia cable, operated by global data network operator Reliance Globalcom, and two consortium cables, SeaMeWe-3 and SeaMeWe-4 owned jointly by several telecommunications companies. Additionally, there were reports that the GO-1 cable connecting Malta with Sicily had been damaged on the evening of 18 December. It was not immediately known if the outages were connected. As member of the SeaMeWe consortia, France Telecom immediately alerted one of the two maintenance boats based in the Mediterranean area, the Raymond Croze. It should be on location on Monday morning for a relief mission. Priority will be given to the recovery of the Sea Me We4 cable, then on the Sea Me We3. By 25 December, Sea Me We4 could be operating. By 31 December, the situation should be back to normal. The current series of faults is reminiscent of the submarine cable faults that occurred in January 2008. (Mediterrean submarine cables are cut, affecting internet - Telecompaper)
破案了，就是从这里抄来的。
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