Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As dawn broke over San Juan Island, a team of scientists stood on the deck of a barge and unspooled over a mile of fibre optic ...

In the evolving West Asia crisis, vast networks of undersea cables are increasingly becoming targets of subversion ...

The world is facing an energy crisis as Iran blocked supplies passing through the Strait of Hormuz after strikes by the US ...

India and global internet networks face potential outages as the conflict in West Asia endangers vital Red Sea cables.

A ship's anchor on the seafloor under the surface tied to a vessel. - Dimandiver/Getty Images It's a little-known fact that undersea cables are necessary for a majority of international internet ...

Underwater cables on the ocean floor in the Mediterranean sea - Sybille Reuter /Getty Images First installed in 1988, the TAT-8 transatlantic fiber-optic submarine cable connected the United States, ...

US national security officials have reportedly warned Google, Meta and other firms that their undersea internet cables could be at risk of tampering by China-controlled repair ships. The concerns are ...

India’s telecom, digital infrastructure rely on undersea cables near Strait of Hormuz and Red Sea; any disruption will impact ...

Nearly 60% of India’s internet traffic to Europe passes through the Mumbai route across the Red Sea.

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Alongside energy supply disruptions, there are growing concerns that global internet infrastructure could be affected if ...

Recent damage to undersea internet cables in the Red Sea doesn’t appear to have been deliberate, but the incident–and the naval conflict hot zone it occurred in–highlights how easily they could be ...