BT aim to crack down on cable thieves with invisible paint

BT is using an invisible coded paint to crack down on cable thefts throughout the North East and beyond, reports nebusiness.

The company says that theft of the cable has become a growing problem nationwide, as thieves target the copper within the cables to take advantage of rising scrap copper prices. There was a 9% rise in such incidents last year.

... Bernie Auguste, head of security for BT’s local network business Openreach, said: “Any criminal targeting the BT network in the North East now risks being invisibly ‘tagged’ with SmartWater, meaning that the police can trace them, and any stolen cable or equipment, back to the scene of the crime.

Click here for links to copper cable theft problems around the world.

emily | 10:21 AM | Technology |
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