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...
With undersea cables linking the world's continents, recent incidents involving foreign vessels raise questions about their security. Chris Krebs, former Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency director, weighs in on the growing threats.
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’...
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...
“By using these coastal fiber optic cables, we can basically watch the waves we are used to seeing from shore mapped onto the seafloor, and the way these ocean waves couple into the Earth to create seismic waves,” he said. To make use of the world’s lit fiber-optic cables, Lindsey...
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 (...
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. ...
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“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...