Is China Targeting The World's Underwater Internet Cables For Hacking?

Map Of Underwater Cables That Supply The Worlds Internet, via MapPorn

Zero Hedge: Intel Officials Fear China Will Target Globe's Underwater Internet Cables

A new op-ed in Bloomberg Quint has noted what the United States should really be worried about regarding Beijing's intentions after a year of tense China-US Navy encounters in the South China Sea. This potential threat, which is "far harder to discern," involves the world's some 380 underwater cables carrying more than 95% of all data and voice traffic between the continents. Could China be stealthily hacking them? It is certainly now in a better position to do so.

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WNU Editor: I think it is a given that China (and almost everyone else) are trying their best to monitor global communications.