How vulnerable are undersea cables to attack?

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I find it interesting that he dismisses Webb's The-Great-Taking theory/prediction. I can't be so blase about it - Webb points to various changes in states Commercial Codes to enable exactly that; and there seems to be little other reasons.

AND...this guy's primary argument for NOT getting actual stawk certificates is, it makes it harder to quickly sell. To day-trade, IOW. To churn.

That's not the talk of an investor. That's the outlook of someone gaming the chaos of the market to pocket a little more fiat. That's exactly what is wrong with the market.

If there's a gain in the stawk price...SUPPORTED by FUNDAMENTAL VALUE...it won't disappear in minutes. If the stawk is being manipulated into collapse by a Soros-like villain, it would help to be able to quickly sell. But you will not know this until much later, unless you have inside information.

The voice I heard, after listening to this guy awhile, was that of the Broker-Parrot: BUY STAWKSSS! And don't worry, it's all fine. You'll make more fiat....
 

Russia's alleged hybrid warfare targeting seafloor cables vital to modern life​

London — Over 95% percent of the world's internet traffic and voice and communication data flows through a vast network of fiber optic cables laid across the floors of oceans and seas. The cables are faster, more reliable and cheaper data carriers than alternatives such as satellites, and they have become indispensable to modern life.

They are the veins and arteries that link our deeply interconnected world, transmitting data for everything from sensitive government and military information and text messages between friends, to trillions of dollars worth of financial transactions every day, underpinning the global economy.

But our reliance on these undersea cables is a vulnerability, and one that rogue actors have allegedly already tried to exploit, including some adversaries of the United States.

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/mar...l-to-modern-life/ar-AA1QPHWY?ocid=socialshare
 

Google To Build Subsea Cables In Papua New Guinea​

SYDNEY, Dec 12 (Reuters) – Alphabet’s GOOGL.O Google will build three subsea cables in Papua New Guinea, which the largest Pacific Island nation said was funded by Australia under a mutual defense treaty, in a key upgrade to its digital backbone.

Australian and U.S. military strategists view resource-rich but largely under-developed Papua New Guinea as having a prized location north of Australia at a time when China is boosting its influence in the region.

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Google To Build Subsea Cables In Papua New Guinea

By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY, Dec 12 (Reuters) – Alphabet’s GOOGL.O Google will build three subsea cables in Papua New Guinea, which the largest Pacific Island nation said was funded by Australia under a mutual...
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Ship seized in Finland suspected of cable damage was carrying sanctioned Russian steel​

Countries in the Baltic Sea region have been on high alert following a string of incidents which saw undersea power cables, telecoms links and gas pipelines damaged.​

A vessel seized in Finland suspected of damaging an undersea telecommunications cable between Helsinki and Tallinn was transporting Russian steel subject to European Union sanctions, Finnish customs officials said on Thursday.

On Wednesday, Finnish police detained the Fitburg, a 132-metre-long cargo ship en route from St Petersburg in Russia to the Israeli port of Haifa.

Its 14 crew members were also detained following suspicion the ship's anchor had damaged the telecoms cable in the Gulf of Finland.

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Timeline Of Suspected Underwater Sabotage In Baltic Sea

Jan 2 (Reuters) – The Baltic Sea region is on high alert after a string of power cable, telecom link and gas pipeline outages since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, and the NATO military alliance has boosted its...
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Finland Says Ship Dragged Anchor for ‘Tens of Kilometers’ Before Baltic Sea Cable Break

Finnish investigators probing last week’s disruption to a key telecommunications cable in the Gulf of Finland say they have found clear signs that a ship’s anchor scraped across the seabed...
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UK and Norway expose Russian operation near undersea infrastructure

While a Northern Fleet Akula-class submarine sailed out from the Kola Peninsula as a diversion, other Russian naval units from the Main Directorate of Deep Sea Research (GUGI) began a covert operation, conducting suspicious activity around critical undersea infrastructure in Norwegian and...
www.thebarentsobserver.com
 

IRGC‑linked Tasnim warns of risks to undersea cables below Strait of Hormuz | The Jerusalem Post

Report comes as attacks on data centers and cable disruptions in the Red Sea highlight how critical communications networks are increasingly exposed to conflict.
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Tasnim: Undersea cable disruption in Strait of Hormuz threatens digital catastrophe | Caliber.Az

Damage to seven major internet backbone cables running along the floor of the Strait of Hormuz could cut off internet access across all Gulf states, according to...
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Other presidents had the sense not to Fuck Around, this one will Find Out.
 
That's the Chinese style of warfare. Seldom in history have they engaged in open brute force, as favored by Germany and Russia (and others).

They're gonna collect the data and make it available to allies or pawns.
 
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