This incredible map shows the undersea cables that keep the internet alive — and security services are worried Russia could cut themKieran Corcoran
These undersea cables have been around since the days of the telegraph, and even in the age of satellite communications, still provide a very important service. In 2008, three breaks occurred to these cables, in various parts of the globe, and possibly deliberately. They resulted in some serv...
More Risky Ships Must Be Identified to Protect Undersea Cables, EU's Virkkunen Says More Reuters FILE PHOTO: European Commission Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen attends the first meeting of the new college of European Commissioners in Brussels, Belgium December 4, 20...
Yes, it could be the weather but 5 undersea cables down in less than a week is likely to be a coordinated attack. According to (http://personalpages.manchester.ac.uk/staff/m.dodge/cybergeography//atlas/alcatel_large.gif) this looks like maybe half of all the cables in this area. I’...
cables to damage, intentional or not. nearly 200 undersea fiber optic cables link the world's telecommunications, and they are for the most part poorly armored, rarely patrolled and only occasionally monitored. telecommunications market research firm telegeography recently released an intricate map (...
Satellites operated by OneWeb, the British-based firm part-owned by the UK government, could use its technology to provide an emergency backup to undersea cables in the event of a natural disaster or foreign attack. Undersea cables were first used in the 19th century to transmit telegrams acros...
A team of researchers with the National Physical Laboratory and the University of Edinburgh, Google and Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica developed a way to use existing undersea fiber cables to detect seismic events. ...
A World Bank-led project declined to award a contract to lay sensitive undersea communications cables after Pacific island governments heeded U.S. warnings that participation of aChinesecompany posed a security threat, two sources told Reuters. ...
This January, the British defense secretary, John Healey, accused Russian ships of spying on the location of undersea communication and utility cables that connect Britain to the rest of the world. FromLos Angeles Times Word of the Day
“People are so mobile and always looking for Wi-Fi,” he said. “They don’t think about it, they don’t understand the workings of this massive mesh of cables working together. “They only notice when it’s cut.” A map showing the first telegraph cable laid across the Atlantic betw...