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Nashville bombing froze wireless communications, exposed ‘Achilles’ heel’ in regional network
Yihyun Jeong, Natalie Allison – Nashville Tennessean
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The vulnerability of the telecommunications system in Nashville and beyond became clear Christmas Day when AT&T’s central office in downtown became the site of a bombing.
Mayor John Cooper called the blast on Second Avenue an attack on infrastructure. The effects of that attack are sure to ripple through the region for weeks, as the telecom giant scrambles to restore services while maintaining the integrity of an active investigation site teeming with federal agents.
State and local officials and experts say the fact that a multistate region could be brought to its knees by a single bombing is a “wake-up call,” exposing vulnerabilities many didn’t know existed and predicting it would lead to intense conversations about the future.
The bombing and the damage to the AT&T office was a “single-point of failure,” said Douglas Schmidt, the Cornelius Vanderbilt professor of computer science at Vanderbilt University.
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Squirrel-Mania! Queens Residents Describe In Graphic Detail Being Attacked By Crazed Rodents
Hazel Sanchez, CBS
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Some people living in a Queens neighborhood are afraid to leave their homes.
That’s because there have been several aggressive squirrel attacks over the last few weeks, CBS2’s Hazel Sanchez reported Tuesday.
Micheline Frederick is still bruised. Her bite wounds are healing after she was attacked by a squirrel one week ago.
“You hear someone has been bitten by a squirrel, you’re like ‘Okay, you got a little nib, what’s the deal?’ But this was … this was an MMA cage match! And I lost!” Frederick said.
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