Signal Seafloor cables carry over 95% of international internet traffic and are exposed to sabotage

Summary

This signal gives the one quantified measure in the report's story about technology firms as geopolitical actors. Cables laid along the seafloor carry more than 95 percent of all international internet traffic. That flow includes everything from ordinary citizens' personal data to intellectual property and military secrets. The report points out that strategic technologies are often dual-use, with implications for warfare and for control over narratives. Because so much depends on these cables, they are exposed to sabotage, data theft and espionage. Since most such infrastructure is privately owned, the concentration adds to the leverage held by the companies behind it.