Submarine cable security is all at sea, and UK govt 'too timid' to act, says report

Theregister | 29-09-2025 09:05pm |

Guess how much of our direct transatlantic data capacity runs through two cables in Bude? Feature The first transatlantic cable, laid in 1858, delivered a little over 700 messages before promptly dying a few weeks later. 167 years on, the undersea cables connecting the UK to the outside world process £220 billion in daily financial transactions. Now, the UK Parliament's Joint Committee on National Security Strategy (JCNSS) has told the government that it has to do a better job of protecting them....

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