British carriers Vodafone and EE said their mobile phone masts have been attacked in recent days.
The attacks come amid online conspiracy theories that link 5G with the coronavirus outbreak.A mobile phone mast on January 8, 2020 in Cardiff, United Kingdom.Several cell towers in the U.K. have been set on fire and engineers harassed amid the spread of online conspiracy theories that link 5G technology with the coronavirus pandemic.mobile phone masts were attacked in the last 24 hours, a spokesperson for the British carrier told CNBC Sunday.
"This site served thousands of people in the Birmingham area, providing vital 2G, 3G and 4G connectivity as it has done for many years," an EE spokesperson told CNBC. "We will try to restore full coverage as quickly as possible, but the damage caused by the fire is significant." There are floods of posts on Facebook claiming the coronavirus outbreak was caused by 5G, the fifth generation of mobile internet. Many of the claims center on the idea that the virus originated in Wuhan because the Chinese city had deployed 5G networks last year.
"I'm absolutely outraged, absolutely disgusted, that people would be taking action against the very infrastructure that we need to respond to this health emergency," said Powis. "It is absolute and utter rubbish."
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