Senators seek Biden administration review of undersea cable vulnerabilities
22/10/2024 12:01
A bipartisan group of eight U.S. senators on Monday urged President Joe Biden to order a review of the security of the global network of undersea communications cables that handle nearly all the world's internet traffic.
Nearly all international internet traffic travels on undersea cables and the locations of the cables are often openly published to prevent accidental damage.
The United States for years has expressed concerns about China's role in handling network traffic and potential for espionage.
More than 400 subsea cables form the backbone of the internet, carrying more than 95% of the world's data traffic.
In 2020, Federal Communications Commissioner Geoffrey Starks said the agency "must ensure that adversary countries and other hostile actors can’t tamper with, block, or intercept the communications they carry."
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