Telecoms: Efforts to Damage Undersea Cables Could Disrupt the Global Internet

A group of Europe's largest telecom companies urge NATO to fight back against damage allegedly done at the behest of Russia. The repercussions 'extend far beyond Europe,' they say. Read More

Undersea Internet Cables Are Vulnerable Targets In Future Wars

Recent damage ... undersea internet cables in the Red Sea doesn’t appear to have been deliberate, but the incident–and the naval conflict hot zone it occurred in–highlights how easily they ... Read More

A cut undersea internet cable is making Taiwan worried about ‘gray zone’ tactics from Beijing

Such an act could be part of Beijing-backed efforts ... internet cables by dragging its anchor across the seabed. Damage to submarine cables in the Red Sea last March disrupted telecoms networks ... Read More

How Russia could take down the world's internet with a complex undersea cable attack

Russian sabotage on undersea cables could take down ... "The repercussions of damage to subsea cables extend far beyond Europe, potentially affecting global internet and power infrastructure ... Read More

Russia could cause 'worldwide internet blackouts' by sabotaging undersea cables as Nato warned over danger posed to 'defenceless' cables used for vital infrastructure

Russia could trigger 'worldwide internet ... sabotage of an undersea telecoms cable in the Baltic Sea, while Sweden's coast guard deployed a vessel to the location where the damage occurred. Read More

It’s no metaphor — undersea cables hold together our precarious modern life

The cable, which had broken deep at sea, had caused an alarming and potentially fatal slowdown in internet ... could, in fact, bring the world economies to a screeching halt. The idea of a global ... Read More

How the Red Sea conflict could wreak havoc on the world's internet infrastructure

A recent incident led to four underwater telecom ... at internet cables, it could have catastrophic effects on the global communications industry — The Guardian estimates that the Red Sea ... Read More

Red Sea cable damage disrupts Asia-Europe internet connection

ALBAWABA - Significantly, damage to undersea ... cables; estimates indicate that up to 25% of internet traffic between these locations has been impacted. Hong Kong-based telecom provider HGC ... Read More

Baltic Sea submarine telecoms cable has been repaired, operator says

Finland's Cinia said on Friday its C-Lion1 submarine telecoms cable between Finland and Germany, which was suspected to have been damaged in January, had been repaired. Cinia suspected the damage ... Read More

Third undersea Internet cable cut in Mideast

(CNN)-- An undersea ... consults on global Internet issues, said the cables off Egypt were likely damaged by ships' anchors. The loss of the two Mediterranean cables -- FLAG Telecom's FLAG Europe ... Read More

India needs more undersea cables for telecom, internet traffic, experts say

More undersea cables are needed to carry the bulk of international internet and telecom traffic to and from ... founder and executive director of the Global Digital Inclusion Partnership, said ... Read More