Booby-trapping undersea data cables is a new one. (Note that this is different from the usual cable-tapping. The implication is not monitoring, but service disr

Booby-trapping undersea data cables is a new one. (Note that this is different from the usual cable-tapping. The implication is not monitoring, but service disruption.) Not sure that the U.S. or any of its partners can do much about it, though. Increase launch capacity and cable-laying speed. It might be worth it to lay some secret, dark fiber, but beats me how you get away with doing that without the Russians finding out. If true, the Russians are clearly exploring new territory here. It's increasingly obvious that there is a low-level cyberwar well underway between the Russians, Chinese, and United States (and their proxies). I think the Chinese would be happy to keep the game at just under the kinetic level, but the Russians seem hell-bent on seeing how far they can push things -- probably because of how terribly things are going at home. One thing is for certain: there will be a counter to this. Lots of tech available like microwave repeaters, blimps, LEO sats, and so on. While I couldn't care less about the tit-for-tat involved, at some point the Russians are going to find a spot that hurts. This will not be a good thing for folks who want a stable world.