"Wire" would be the most appropriate term to use, and has been used symbolically to invoke lines of communication (ex: first Spy-derman comic traversing telephone wires building to building).

Q's 619 uses "wire" in direct followup to "how do you defuse a bomb? Knowledge of which wires/strings to cut". Wire is the metaphor, strings is the intended meaning.

Q's 299 lays out the Pyramid structure, which relies on blackmail strings. Post was a mere month after the purge of Al-Waleed, the sole biggest "string cutting" event in human history.

"Wire" would be the most appropriate term to use, and has been used symbolically to invoke lines of communication (ex: first Spy-derman comic traversing telephone wires building to building).

Q's 619 uses "wire" in direct followup to "how do you defuse a bomb? Find the wires/strings to cut". Wire is the metaphor, strings is the intended meaning.

Q's 299 lays out the Pyramid structure, which relies on blackmail strings. Post was a mere month after the purge of Al-Waleed, the sole biggest "string cutting" event in human history.