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as someone reliant on undersea cables for connectivity, there have been several suspicious/unexpected cable breaks that could have been used to install intercep
by AdrianRossouw 13y ago
as someone reliant on undersea cables for connectivity, there have been several suspicious/unexpected cable breaks that could have been used to install interception equipment over the years.
that is, if they even bother to install it on the cable itself and don't just force the endpoints to have their black boxes installed.
- s_q_b 13y agoOnshore equipment can mirror fiber optic cables without interrupting traffic.
- fnordfnordfnord 13y agoI wondered about those. According to some dude quoted in this[1] Wiki article, cuts are common. Note that I am not implying that the cuts weren't intentional. Cuts being a common occurrence gives good cover to someone who wants to install snooping equipment. Cutting a cable could also be a way to cause traffic to be routed, at least temporarily through a compromised route. What's more, everyone can play that game, it's cheap. Just pay some ship's pilot to drag his anchor perpendicular to the known route. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Asian_submarine_cable_disruption https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Asian_submarine_cable_dis...