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Wired: What Would Really Happen If Russia Attacked Undersea Internet Cables
It might seem like nightmare scenario. A terrorist organization or nefarious nation state decides to derail the global internet by faulting the undersea fiber optic cables that connect the world. These cables, which run along the ocean floor, carry almost all transoceanic digital communication, allowing you to send a Facebook message to a friend in Dubai, or receive an email from your cousin in Australia.
US Navy officials have warned for years that it would be devastating if Russia, which has been repeatedly caught snooping near the cables, were to attack them. The UK’s most senior military officer said in December that it would “immediately and potentially catastrophically” impact the economy were Russia to fault the lines. NATO is now planning to resurrect a Cold War-era command post in part to monitor Russian cable activity in the North Atlantic.
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WNU Editor: Button line .... nothing much. Everything will be re-routed. So why all the scare-mongering? .... Russia could cut off internet to Nato countries, British military chief warns (The Guardian).
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I've experienced cable cutting. The economy will suffer as yes you will reroute but speed drops a lot. No Netflix, less online shopping because it's slow, less news browsing, less viewers to your blog etc
I remember right after 9/11 a lot of the undersea cables suffering breaks. I figured they were cut in two places and listening devices added at one of the cuts via US subs. Where they could place inductive monitoring devices without cutting cables. That was probably done. If Russia does cut cables. I would imagine it’s to add their own listening devices. http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2013/07/newly-leaked-nsa-slide-shows-that-nsa-is-tapping-all-data-from-main-undersea-phone-and-internet-cables.html
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