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Vandals Cut Fiber, Disrupt Thousands of Verizon Customers

8/10/2026

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Vandals cut fiber cables, causing an outage for thousands of Verizon customers in Southern California on Sunday.
The outage left many on SOS mode and unable to call or text from early Sunday, with some losing service at 7 a.m.
Verizon began repairs Sunday afternoon, restoring most service by 6 p.m. and all by 8 p.m.
Downdetector logged a spike at about 10:30 a.m., reporting over 700 outages in four areas.

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Vandals cut fiber cables, causing an outage for thousands of Verizon customers in Southern California on Sunday.
The outage left many on SOS mode and unable to call or text from early Sunday, with some losing service at 7 a.m.
Verizon began repairs Sunday afternoon, restoring most service by 6 p.m. and all by 8 p.m.
Downdetector logged a spike at about 10:30 a.m., reporting over 700 outages in four areas.