Key actions to protect submarine cables from criminal activity identified at UNODC global expert meeting

Key actions to protect submarine cables from criminal activity identified at UNODC global expert meeting

7 February 2019 - While many believe that the majority of global telecommunications, including the internet, is transmitted through satellite, the reality is that over 95% of such communication occurs through fibre-optic cables. The bulk of these cables, on which we are so critically reliant, are merely the size of a garden hose and are just lying, unguarded, on the sea floor.