#undersea-cables — Public Fediverse posts
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You know how much we love us some undersea cables, and this week, it's cable drama! Did the Taiwanese cable get sliced due to a shifting shipwreck? Or was it something more nefarious? And what are the long-term implications for cable safety? Join the discussion this week on episode 353 #TheCloudPod #Shipwrecks #UnderseaCables
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Ars Technica: New undersea cable cutter risks Internet’s backbone. “A Chinese ship has tested a new device capable of slicing through submarine data cables thousands of meters beneath the ocean surface. That demonstration may exacerbate security concerns over a spate of suspected sabotage incidents targeting undersea communications and power cables from the Baltic Sea to the Pacific Ocean.”
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Iran warns that damage to key undersea cables in the Strait of Hormuz could trigger widespread internet outages and impact global digital systems. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/technology/will-your-internet-go-down-iran-warns-of-risk-to-key-undersea-cables-xidw0mzv?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #InternetOutage #UnderseaCables #StraitOfHormuz #TechNews
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“Darling, it’s better / down where it’s wetter”*…
From our old friend Neal Agarwal, a long (and illuminating) scroll from the surface to the “bottom” of the ocean (10,924 meters down)…
“The Deep Sea,” from @neal.fun.
* “Sebastian, “Under the Sea,” The Little Mermaid
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As we dive: we might send connected birthday greetings to a man who put the sea floor to use, Clarence Mackay; he was born on this date in 1874. An early telecom entrepreneur, he supervised the completion of the first transpacific cable between the United States and the Far East in 1904. He laid a cable between New York and Cuba in 1907, and later established cable communication with southern Europe via the Azores and with northern Europe via Ireland. And in 1928, he became the first to combine radio, cables, and telegraphs under one management. (He sold his business, Postal Telegraph and Cable Corporation, to International Telephone and Telegraph Company [ITT] for an enormous amount of stock… just in time for the stock market crash in 1929, which wiped him out. He survived the Great Depression by selling his art and antiques.)
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Southern Europe is becoming a new hub for the internet.
When you think about the internet, you probably picture wireless connections. In reality, 99% of what we do online travels through cables on the ocean.
The fastest expansion in Europe is happening in southern Europe, through the Adriatic, Aegean, and Black Seas.
Routes in this corridor are projected to grow by around 270% between 2025 and 2027.
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What makes this notable is not merely the submarine tracking itself, but the strategic target set. Undersea cables and pipelines are critical infrastructure, and public acknowledgment of Russian activity near them suggests states increasingly view seabed systems as key pressure points in hybrid conflict.
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New Video: BREAKING: UK Royal Navy Foils Russian Undersea Cable Mission https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I2G-Fxzmrw #BreakingNews #UkraineWar #RussiaUkraine #NATO #UnderseaCables #Geopolitics
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*The War(s) That the Mainstream Media Ignore(s)* *
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... “#Lafayette26” [#NATO training] mission in the #NorthAtlantic [to show #Trump that the #European NATO members *can* project power, too], which will include multinational exercises in the #BalticSea, aimed at deterring [the now quite frequent] threats to #UnderseaCables.” 2b)—In particular, from the unofficial #Russian #Oil #ShadowFleet, but also #Chinese sabotage vessels (e.g. the #YiPeng3-incident in...
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UK and Ireland pledge joint exercises to protect cables from Russian spy ships.
The UK and Ireland pledged on Friday to conduct joint exercises to step up protection of vital underwater cable infrastructure as part of a drive to counter intensifying threats from Russian spy ships.
#UnderseaCables #UK #Ireland #Russia #NATO #Espionage #Defence
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Undersea cables, a new strategic battleground.
Nearly 1.5 million kilometres of submarine cables criss-cross the globe. The infrastructure is key for both national security and economic stability.
But an uptick in disruptions – notably in the Baltic Sea – has focused attention on the need to safeguard these networks. While many outages appear accidental, some can be attributed to sabotage by state-sponsored actors.
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Friday, January 2, 2026
Welcome back to life: Ukraine's HUR faked death of top anti-Putin Russian commander, claimed Kremlin bounty money -- Russia is targeting civilians: Casualties, outages reported following Russian drone strikes on residential buildings in Odesa -- Malanka: Ukraine's winter ritual of masks, mischief, and good fortune -- The Russians took our dead ones away; 5 things we lost in Pokrovsk ... and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/01/friday-january-2-2026/
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#Russia #Ukraine #Cables #Europe #EU #UnderseaCables #War #UkraineWar #NATO #Finland #News #BBC #Finnish #Sabotage #Putin #VladimirPutin #Sea #Ship #Ships #seizure
We all know who’s behind it, and this another reason why the West should always stand up to Russia. Peace is the last thing on Putin’s mind…Finnish police seize ship suspected of sabotaging undersea cable https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62040np372o
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🚫 Oh, the irony! An article promising a deep dive into the history of undersea cables ends up drowning in its own '403 Forbidden' error sea. 🌊 Nginx: the unsung hero of 'information' security, keeping legacy knowledge away from curious eyes. 🤦♂️
https://blog.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/the-legacy-of-undersea-cables/ #underseaCables #Nginx #403Forbidden #informationSecurity #irony #HackerNews #ngated -
Reuters: Google to build subsea cables in Papua New Guinea under Australia defence treaty . “Alphabet’s Google will build three subsea cables in Papua New Guinea, which the largest Pacific Island nation said was funded by Australia under a mutual defence treaty, in a key upgrade to its digital backbone.”
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Does Europe need more nuclear-powered submarines?
A nuclear submarine is a sensitive technology that is currently used by only six countries: France, the United Kingdom, the United States, Russia, China, and India.
A defence expert weighs in on whether Europe needs more nuclear-powered submarines amid growing tensions with Russia.
#Defence #Submarines #Navy #NATO #UnderseaCables #NuclearSubmarines #Europe #France #UK
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Forget the cloud, the internet runs on wires - Think 🎧
It’s really DNS, though.
#internet #underseaCables #FiberOptics
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Saturday, October 4, 2025
A risky situation: The critical state of Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, explained -- Russian economy latest: Oil, gas September revenues down 25% from last year amid high budget deficit -- Ukrainian drones strike Russia's chemical giant over 1,700km from front lines -- Art after apocalypse: opera spurred by Russia’s ecocide in Ukraine to return to Kyiv ... and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/10/saturday-october-4-2025/
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#Russia's spy ship stalking #Europe’s #subseacables
Covert operations in waters surrounding British Isles pose a grave threat to critical infrastructure and a fresh challenge to #Nato
#Moscow’s military spy ship #Yantar, kitted with a full armoury of #surveillance equipment, was on a mission to map and potentially intercept the #underseacables on which Nato allies rely for internet access, energy, military communications and financial transactions.
https://www.ft.com/content/0b351091-3f82-4f2f-bef2-a52a35f009f2
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Sunday, September 28, 2025
Russia launches heavy bombers at Ukraine, targets Kyiv, other cities with drones and missiles -- Investigation finds Russian surveillance, sabotage ship near European undersea cables, FT reports -- Drone scare halts flights at Amsterdam's Schiphol as Zelensky says Russia probing Europe’s defenses -- Oil pumping station in Russia's Chuvashia Republic suspends operations after drone attack ... and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/09/sunday-september-28-2025/
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Gizmodo: Internet Access in the Middle East Disrupted After Undersea Cables Are Mysteriously Cut. “Over the weekend, crucial undersea cables providing internet access to parts of Asia were mysteriously cut, leading to internet outages in certain parts of the Middle East and Asia.”
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Undersea cables cut in the Red Sea, disrupting internet access in Asia and the Mideast
The murderous gang of Houthi “rebels” allied with Iran has probably taken a leaf out of the book of Russian war criminals and damaged an undersea cable. This will probably not go down well with some people and will likely result in an air strike on their positions or something similar. It would be desirable if Europeans were to respond to such provocations with similar consistency.
#Asia #Mideast #RedSea
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A trial opens in Finland over severed cables in the Baltic Sea.
On 25 December 2024, the Eagle S was boarded off the coast of Helsinki, suspected of causing the breakage of five cables in the Baltic Sea.
Three sailors, including the ship's captain, are accused of causing the rupture of cables between Finland and Estonia. They are now standing trial in Helsinki.
#Sabotage #UnderseaCables #BalticSea #Finland #Estonia #Europe #Trial #Court
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#Finland charges #tanker crew members with sabotage of #underseacables
Captain and first and second officers of Eagle S, understood to be part of Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’, charged over incident
Crew of #Russia '#shadowfleet' #tanker charged with intentional #sabotage of undersea cables — Finnish authorities claim ship dragged its anchor 56 miles along the #sea floor, causing $70 million in damage to five cables
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The Eagle S captain and two officers to face trial over suspected sabotage of undersea cables.
The oil tanker is suspected of damaging five undersea cables by dragging its anchor along the seabed for 90km.
Finnish authorities suspect the vessel is part of Russia's 'shadow fleet', which enables Moscow to circumvent the sanctions imposed on it due to its ongoing war in Ukraine.
#Finland #EagleS #UnderseaCables #Sabotage #BalticSea #WarInUkraine #Russia #ShadowFleet
