Spectrum service restored in Los Angeles County after felony criminal attack, company says

Spectrum's outage, which affected thousands of Los Angeles customers, has been fixed after the company said it was caused by a criminal act.

They say that the outage occurred when someone sliced fiber optic lines in Northridge on Wednesday afternoon, and may not be fixed until Thursday morning. Repair crews worked to splice fiber lines to restore the service.

"We made all the repairs and restored our services in parts of Northridge and other areas that were affected by the critical infrastructure attack earlier tonight," a spokesperson for the company said. "We had to make more than 1,600 fiber splices to repair the damage caused by the fiber cuts."

"This afternoon our fiber optic lines were intentionally cut in another felony criminal attack on our critical infrastructure, resulting in a temporary outage for residents and businesses in the Northridge and the surrounding areas," said a statement from a Spectrum spokesperson. "Criminal attacks on communications infrastructure is a growing issue affecting the entire telecommunications industry, not just Spectrum. These acts are not only a crime, but threaten public safety."

A spokesperson for the company says that they filed a report with the Los Angeles Police Department. 

They are offering a reward of up to $25,000 for anyone who has information that helps lead to an arrest. They urge people with information on the incident to call (833) 404-8477 or contact local law enforcement. 

The company emphasized that fiber liens do not contain copper.