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Thai cops bust 'audacious' cross-border fiberoptic cable running to Myanmar scam compound — 350-meter, 48-core cable was supplying illegal border casino and a scam center with 6TB of data per day (www.tomshardware.com)

submitted 1 week ago by TacoButtPlug@sh.itjust.works to c/international@lemmy.ml

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Thai authorities have reportedly busted an 'audacious' criminal gang scheme, in which hundreds of meters of fiberoptic cable were found running across the border of Thailand into Myanmar. The cable was found to be serving an online scam compound in the country, which included an illegal border casino and a suspected scam center, SCMP reports.

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[–] TacoButtPlug@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago

Absolutely impressive secret installation.

[–] jet@hackertalks.com 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

600mbps

Enough for 300-400 people or 1.5mbps per person

They did not bury the fibre, bit ran it along poles above ground across the border

[–] Schemen110676@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago

48 core? Fuck .... and i struggle to get one fiber cable to my home...

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago

ha this is gonna be how the internet will go soon.