Wire cutters: how the world’s vital undersea data cables are being targeted

Dr Sidharth Kaushal, a senior research fellow at the Royal United Services Institute, a defence and security thinktank, says undersea cables are vital to the global economy and are therefore of clear interest to any state wanting to cause trouble. “If you look at the amount of global data that goes through these cables, the ramifications of sustained damage are quite significant,” he says.