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So the options are: 1) a secret cyber-war is going on... 2) Some entity is installing new spying slurps 3) An (critical) IX that we werent aware of is having major issues... and we dont know who to blame on that one...
4) it's summertime in the predominantly online part of the world and general human activity is at a peak
I like this theory...
Its innocent but id like to see data behind it.