“Early this morning, our fiber optic lines were intentionally cut in Long Beach due to vandalism,” the company said in a Thursday statement. “The fiber cuts have caused a temporary outage for residents and businesses in Long Beach and some of the surrounding areas.”

An internet outage across large parts of Long Beach was caused by someone who intentionally cut fiber optic lines “in a criminal act of vandalism,” according to a spokesperson for Spectrum. The cable company was notified of the vandalism “early this morning,” affecting parts of Long Beach and Signal Hill, Spectrum spokesperson Pam Collazo said.

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Spectrum customers across the Los Angeles area are reporting internet outages on Sunday. According to the internet provider, the outage was caused by a criminal act of vandalism. The Spectrum outage affecting the Los Angeles area was caused by a criminal act of vandalism. Repairs continue, we appreciate your patience.