Armenia and Azerbaijan have signed a significant agreement to transit internet traffic through their territories. This move aims to diversify regional connectivity, enhance network reliability, and foster cooperation in telecommunications, potentially paving the way for further peace process developments.
New research offers a framework to predict powerful turbidity currents, which can damage underwater infrastructure. Findings could aid in managing reservoirs and protecting cables.
Beneath the surface of the world’s oceans lies an infrastructure so essential, modern life would stall without it – yet so invisible it rarely enters public debate. Submarine cables, slender fibre-optic systems laid across the seabed, carry over 95 per cent of global internet traffic, transmitting the data that underpins financial markets, diplomatic exchanges and everyday communication. What appears to be neutral infrastructure is, in fact, a deeply political system – one that exposes a...
Cyber-attacks, disinformation and blockading of supplies. This is what living in a war zone can look like nowWe are at war. Four words that sound ludicrously melodramatic on a sunny spring day, when all may not be exactly right with the world – but when you can still shut your eyes to a lot of it just by switching off the news and cracking on with life. No bombs are falling, no bullets flying, no sirens sounding. Though the idea that Britain is already under a form of hybrid attack is commonplace in defence circles, politicians still mostly skirt around it; and it was jolting at first to hear the Labour MP (and former RAF wing commander) Calvin Bailey make the case for conflict being our new reality at a conference hosted by the Good Growth Foundation thinktank last week in London. But then he started to unpack his reasoning for why war is no longer what you think it is.If war can be considered an assault on five fronts – against a country’s political leadership, critical infrastructure, essentials such as food or fuel supplies, civilian population and armed forces – then Britain is arguably now being attacked on the first four without a shot being fired. Think of rampant, Russian-generated political disinformation on social media and attempts to bribe British politicians; of Russian submarine surveillance of the British undersea cables carrying most of our internet traffic, or the four “nationally significant” cyber-attacks recorded every week; of the blockading of food and fuel supplies through the strait of Hormuz. Think, too, of Keir Starmer’s warning in the Sunday Times last week of conflict with Iran coming home to British civilians via “the use of proxies in this country”. He didn’t elaborate, but counter-terrorism police say they are investigating whether a spate of arson attacks on synagogues, Jewish-owned businesses and Iranians living in Britain may have been sponsored by Tehran – a thugs-for-hire tactic familiar from the Russian playbook for sowing division and hate.Gaby Hinsliff is a Guardian columnistGuardian Newsroom: Can Labour come back from the brink? On Thursday 30 April, join Gaby Hinsliff, Zoe Williams, Polly Toynbee and Rafael Behr as they discuss how much of a threat Labour faces from the Green party and Reform UK – and whether Keir Starmer can survive as leader. Book tickets here or at guardian.live Continue reading...
Iran's Revolutionary Guard has warned that undersea data cables in the Strait of Hormuz are highly vulnerable, potentially causing severe internet outages across the Persian Gulf. These vital digital arteries carry a significant portion of regional internet traffic and support major AI infrastructure, impacting global communication, finance, and cloud services.
Iran's Revolutionary Guard has warned that undersea fiber-optic cables running through the Strait of Hormuz are highly vulnerable to accidental or deliberate damage. The cables carry an estimated 17-30% of regional internet traffic connecting Asia, Europe and the Middle East, and power AI infrastructure hubs in the UAE and Saudi Arabia backed by Amazon, Microsoft and Google. Simultaneous damage could trigger severe outages across the Persian Gulf.
Iran's Revolutionary Guard has warned that undersea data cables in the Strait of Hormuz are highly vulnerable, potentially causing severe internet outages across the Persian Gulf. These vital digital arteries carry a significant portion of regional internet traffic and support major AI infrastructure, impacting global communication, finance, and cloud services.
