Senators Urge Biden to Review Subsea Cable Security

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24, 2024 – With 95% of the world's internet traffic flowing through undersea cables, the security of these digital lifelines has come under renewed scrutiny. 

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators has called on President Joe Biden to initiate a review of security vulnerabilities within these critical subsea global systems.

"It is imperative that the U.S undertake a review of existing vulnerabilities to global undersea cable infrastructure, including the threat of sabotage by Russia as well as the growing role of the People’s Republic of China in cable laying and repair," the lawmakers said in an Oct. 21 letter to President Biden. "If we are truly to deepen vital commercial and security relationships with willing partners and allies, this must be a national priority."