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 ...
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Finland seizes ship in probe of undersea cable damage
Finnish authorities seized an oil tanker as part of an investigation into the cutting of an undersea cable connecting Finland and Estonia, they announced Thursday. The tanker, suspected by ...
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 ...
Risky Ships Must Be Identified to Protect Undersea Cables, EU's Virkkunen Says
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Identifying suspect ships and limiting their activities is the most efficient way to protect critical ...
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 ...
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Finland seizes ship carrying Russian oil after undersea cable cut
Finland on Thursday seized a ship carrying oil for Russia in relation to the recent cutting of an undersea cable connecting electricity to Estonia as concern mounts over ships disrupting power and ...
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," ...