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Not many details in this article, but further north there is another threat to undersea cables carrying Internet traffic: On Feb. 2, a Chinese fishing vessel s
by ilamont 4y ago
Not many details in this article, but further north there is another threat to undersea cables carrying Internet traffic:
On Feb. 2, a Chinese fishing vessel sailing close to the Matsu Islands severed one of the two cables, which connect the islands with Taiwan proper. Then, six days later, a Chinese freighter cut the second cable.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/02/21/matsu-islands-internet-cables-china-taiwan/ https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/02/21/matsu-islands-internet-...
- cld8483 4y agoWhat a truly unfortunate coincidence.
- macintux 4y agoRather like the Russian elite who keep mysteriously falling out of buildings.
- chrisdhoover 4y agoDefenestration, what was once medieval is hip again.
- bcrosby95 4y agoI never thought I'd see the day where buildings become sentient and rise up against their overlords.
- deleted 4y ago[deleted]
- tpmx 4y agoOn the renewed China-Vietnam tensions: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China%E2%80%93Vietnam_relations#2019%E2%80%93present:_renewed_tensions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China%E2%80%93Vietnam_relation...
- Animats 4y agoIs this an effort to force Vietnam to route all their traffic via China? Through the Great Firewall?
- noah_buddy 4y agoIf it is intentional, I would guess it’s more likely general intended to scare Vietnam into accepting island territorial claims
- sayrer 4y agoNo, they’re trying to get to Singapore. Business in Vietnam is highly dependent on things like Facebook and Google. I was there last year, and have some friends that run businesses there. https://vietnamembassy-usa.org/news/2001/02/vietnam-puts-regional-land-cable-use https://vietnamembassy-usa.org/news/2001/02/vietnam-puts-reg...
- eitland 4y agoLast fall an internet cable to Svalbard was cut. AIS recordings showed a Russian fishing vessel traveling many times over a vulnerable spot just before it happened.
- codetrotter 4y ago> traveling many times over a vulnerable spot I am reminded of this classic Ali G skit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdOQYlYS2q0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdOQYlYS2q0
- punnerud 4y agoAnd they are spoofing their AIS data frequently. Now they control if they are where the AIS send information about, and use satellites to help with the location task (because they don’t trust the AIS from Russian ships). Could probably be the same with other countries ships
- kokanee 4y agoNow we have to worry about Russian phishing attacks and Russian fishing attacks
- purututu 4y ago[flagged]
- jahewson 4y agoAnd in a worse scenario, Russian fission attacks.
- dredmorbius 4y agoThere's a long history of Russian / Soviet "fishing expeditions" and spy trawlers. <https://www.blindbatnews.com/2022/08/cold-war-revells-spy-trawler-is-for-reals-or-who-told-the-soviets-about-exercise-teamwork/98144 https://www.blindbatnews.com/2022/08/cold-war-revells-spy-tr...> <http://www.emmitsburg.net/archive_list/articles/misc/cww/2011/spy_ships.htm http://www.emmitsburg.net/archive_list/articles/misc/cww/201...>
- TulliusCicero 4y agoHow do fishing vessels sever internet cables lying on the sea floor? Or is this a case of the ships being "fishing vessels"?
- spiritplumber 4y agoIt's at least possible - drag nets can and do touch the bottom.
- reaperducer 4y agoAs do crab pots and lobster traps.
- dredmorbius 4y agoPots and traps tend not to get dragged. Nets do. It's conceivable for a crabber / lobsterman to damage undersea cables. It's far more likely that it's a net fisher.
- gregshap 4y agoIt’s called “bottom trawling” and it’s pretty much what it sounds like.
- ta1243 4y agoAlso known as cruising?
- monocasa 4y agoRussia has a pretty remarkable set of nuclear submarines designed for covert ops. You don't see anything on the surface when they mess with cables.
- twelve40 4y agoWhy in the world would they cut the cables to friendly Vietnam, or for that matter Svalbard, which has a Russian town of Barentsburg?