Panic over China's undersea cable threat that could spell global economic disaster

Meanwhile, Taiwan has reported about 30 subsea cable incidents over the years. In June 2025, a Chinese national was sentenced ...

There’s an internet choke point in the Middle East — is the solution in the North Pole?

The current problems began in 2024, when a Houthi missile struck a cargo ship in the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait off the coast of ...
New York Post

Undersea cables cut in Red Sea, interrupting internet in the region, as concerns of Houthi attacks grow

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Undersea cable cuts in the Red Sea disrupted internet access in parts of Asia and the Middle East, experts said Sunday, though it wasn’t immediately clear what caused the ...
Fast Company

The Red Sea cable cuts expose the internet’s weak spot

Always-on internet connections have become as essential as running water, heat, and power. But a massive outage affecting Africa, Asia, and the Middle East in recent days underscores the fragility of ...

$10 trillion chokepoint: Iran now targets undersea cable networks in Strait of Hormuz

While 75% of cable damage is typically accidental — caused by fishing trawlers or dragging anchors — the current conflict ...
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Cut Red Sea cables disrupt regional internet

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Undersea cable cuts in the Red Sea disrupted internet access in parts of Asia and the Middle East, experts said Sunday, though it wasn't immediately clear what caused ...

Government taking 10 initiatives to safeguard undersea internet and power cables

A new report shows, compared to international best practice for safeguarding internet and power cables, New Zealand is ...
Tom's Hardware on MSNOpinion

IRGC-linked media outlines plan to tax and control undersea internet cables in the Hormuz Strait

If data is the new oil, we will be down two oils.

New undersea cable cutter risks Internet’s backbone

Chinese-flagged cargo ships have even damaged undersea data cables and gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea at least twice in October 2023 and November 2024, affecting European countries such as Germany, ...