Taiwan is investigating whether a ship linked to China is responsible for damaging one of the undersea cables that connects Taiwan to the internet, the latest reminder of how vulnerable Taiwan’s critical infrastructure is to damage from China. The incident comes as anxiety in Eu...
Two undersea cables carrying internet data deep in the Baltic Sea were damaged, European telecommunications companies said this week, drawing warnings from European governments of possible Russian "hybrid warfare" targeting global communications infrastructure. On Wednesday, interest was focused on a Chinese...
blum noted. cutting these cables would effectively slow down internet speeds in more than just egypt. a ship anchor recently damaged six cables off the coast of alexandria in february and led to outages in several east african countries. with so much of the continent's connectivity tied to ...
Last year,underwater cablesin the Red Sea, lying between Africa and Asia, were cut and disrupted internet service. It was unclear how the cables were damaged and Yemen’s Houthi rebels denied attacking the lines to pressure Israel to end its war on Hamas in Gaza, theAsso...
Japanese communication firms said that the task of repairing undersea cables damaged in the earthquake in Taiwan would not be over until the end of February. The earthquake on December 26 damaged undersea cables near Taiwan, which disrupted Internet and phones lines across many regions in Asia....
Taiwan has announced stronger measures to monitor ships flying flags of convenience after a suspected Chinese cargo ship damaged an undersea communications cable. Recent incidents of damage to the undersea cables could be linked to sabotage of critical infrastructure. In response to these ...
In 2023, two undersea cables connecting the Taiwan-controlled Matsu islands, which sit close to the Chinese coast, were cut, disconnecting the 14,000 people who live there from the internet. Authorities said at the time that their initial findings showed a Chinese fishing...
Undersea cables are the backbone of global communication and the digital economy, carrying everything from emails to financial transactions. The European Commission announced today a new action plan to protect undersea cables, which carry nearly all global internet traffic, from sabotage and accidental ...
In 2023, Taiwan officials blamed Chinese ships for two incidents in which cables connecting Taiwan’s main island to its outlying islands of Matsu were damaged, causing an internet blackout. They stopped short of saying the acts were deliberate. The incidents have raised concerns among Taiwan auth...
Tonga gets its Internet through a cablethat runs deep under the sea.On the night of Sunday,January 20,the 514-mile (827-kilometer)cable that connects Tonga to Fiji got broken.No one is sure how it broke,but the most likely reason is that it was damaged by a ship pulling its anchor(...