After cable damage, Taiwan to step up surveillance of flag of convenience ships
Taiwan will step up the surveillance and management of ships carrying flags of convenience, including boarding them, after a Chinese-linked cargo vessel was suspected of damaging an undersea communications cable,
Taiwan Says It Suspects a Chinese-Linked Ship Damaged an Undersea Internet Cable
In 2023, the outlying Matsu Islands, within view of the Chinese coast, endured patchy internet for months after two undersea internet cables broke. These fiber optic cables that connect Taiwan to the internet suffered about 30 such breaks between 2017 and 2023.
Suspicious Russian Ship Spotted Near Undersea Cables off Southern Taiwan - TaiwanPlus News
A Russian-made ship is found to have lingered for weeks off the coast of southern Taiwan near an undersea cable landing site. Ray Powell of Stanford University's Sealight Initiative says such activity by Russian ships around Taiwan is unusual.
Exclusive: China-linked shipowner denies Taiwan accusation of damaging undersea cable
The Chinese director of a firm whose vessel Taiwan suspects of having damaged an undersea communications cable said on Wednesday there was no evidence the ship was involved, an incident that has alarmed the government in Taipei.
Taiwan investigates Chinese ship in cable damage
Taiwan initiates an investigation after a Chinese vessel is suspected of damaging undersea communication cables.
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Chinese Device Patent Fuels Fears of Undersea Cable Sabotage
Underwater cables are like the invisible highways of the internet. They stretch across oceans, carrying almost 95% of global ...
A cut undersea internet cable is making Taiwan worried about ‘gray zone’ tactics from Beijing
When a Taiwanese telecoms company detected that an international undersea cable was damaged earlier this month, it worked to ...
Chinese university applies for undersea cable cutter patent
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Sealink undersea cable consultation ends
A public consultation into plans to lay 90 miles (145km) of cable under the sea between Kent and Suffolk ends on Sunday. The ...
NATO bolsters Baltic Sea security to prevent damage to undersea cables
NATO announced on Tuesday that it will beef up its patrol of the Baltic Sea in the light of past infrastructure damage to ...
International underwater cable attacks by Russia, China are no ‘mere coincidence’ warns EU’s top diplomat
Attacks on underwater cables in strategic areas connecting telecommunication lines and power sources in Asia and Europe are ...
NATO announces a new mission to protect undersea cables in the Baltic Sea region
NATO is launching a new mission to protect undersea cables in the Baltic Sea region after a string of incidents that have ...
Taiwan, China trade barbs over undersea cable damage
Taiwan and China traded barbs over what the government in Taipei suspects was a Chinese-linked ship's damage to an undersea ...
Baltic Sea undersea 'sabotage' sets stage for escalating NATO-Russia contest
A spate of alleged sabotage operations against undersea cables in the Baltic Sea has raised the prospect of a dangerous 2025 ...
Finland had 12 minutes left to stop a Russia-linked oil tanker from dealing 'much worse' damage to its undersea cables, president says
"Had it continued for another 12 minutes, the carnage would have been much worse than the four basic cables that were there," ...