Spectrum fiber optic cable intentionally cut, causing outage

An internet outage is affecting customers from Pinehurst to Carthage after the Moore County Sheriff's Office reported that someone intentionally cut fiber optic lines in two places.
Posted 10/12/2025, 10:14:53 PM Updated 10/12/2025, 11:00:07 PM

IN RALEIGH, KIRSTEN CLARK,

WRAL, NEWS.

>> KIRSTEN, THANK YOU VERY

MUCH. THE MOORE COUNTY

SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS

INVESTIGATING A, QUOTE,

MALICIOUS AND INTENTIONAL ACT

AFTER A SPECTRUM FIBER OPTIC

LINE WAS CUT CAUSING AN OUTAGE.

THIS HAPPENED JUST BEFORE 4

THIS MORNING OFF OF OLD

MORGANTON ROAD IN SOUTHERN

PINES. THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE

SAYS SOMEBODY CLIMBED 2 POLLS

AND CUT THE FIBER OPTIC LINES

INTO PLACE. IT'S SPECTRUM SAYS

AND ALARM WENT OFF, ALERTING

THEM THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM

WITH THE LINE. THAT'S WHEN THEY

FOUND THE SCENE. TECHNICIANS

WORKED TO RESTORE SERVICE THIS

EVENING SPECTRUM HAS RELEASED

A STATEMENT SAYING IN PART,

QUOTE, CRIMINAL ATTACKS ON

COMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE.

IT IS A GROWING ISSUE AFFECTING

THE ENTIRE TELECOMMUNICATIONS

INDUSTRY. NOT JUST SPECTRUM.

THEY'RE OFFERING A $25,000

REWARD FOR INFORMATION LEADING

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