The Internet’s undersea backbone is slipping into the danger zone

Ars Technica reports: Despite the expansion of Starlink and other communications satellite services, most of the world’s Internet traffic still travels through subsea cables crisscrossing the ocean floors.

Those fiber-optic cables coexist with a network of oil and gas pipelines and submarine power cables—and all these crucial links connecting countries and continents now face growing sabotage risks as gray-zone warfare and open conflicts have become widespread.

This technology story centres on the United States. Names and organisations mentioned in the coverage include Internet, Starlink and Elisabeth Braw.

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Location

United States · Americas

Reported by

Ars Technica

First reported

14 Oct 2026, 16:45 IST

Key names

Internet, Starlink, Elisabeth Braw

Section

Technology

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