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Wire cutters: how the world’s vital undersea data cables are being targeted | Carrying 99% of the world’s international telecommunications, the vulnerable lines are drawing nefarious interest
Carrying 99% of the world’s international telecommunications, the vulnerable lines are drawing nefarious interest
Dr Sidharth Kaushal, a senior research fellow at the Royal United Services Institute, a defence and security thinktank, says undersea cables are vital to the global economy and are therefore of clear interest to any state wanting to cause trouble. Howard Kidorf, a managing partner at Pioneer Consulting, which advises companies on submarine cable networks, says the steel-wrapped lines can be cut “somewhat easily” if rogue actors want to cause disruption. Recorded Future has also noted that Chinese state-owned or affiliated entities have sought a greater stake in the global submarine cable network, which it claims is “almost certainly increasing China’s ability to manipulate, surveil and interfere with worldwide data flows”.
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