Houthis may sabotage western internet cables in Red Sea, Yemen telecoms firms warn

The Guardian ^ | 2-5-24 | Patrick Wintour

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Telecom firms linked to the UN-recognised Yemen government have said they fear Houthi rebels are planning to sabotage a network of submarine cables in the Red Sea critical to the functioning of the western internet and the transmission of financial data.

The warning came after a Houthi-linked Telegram channel published a map of the cables running along the bed of the Red Sea. The image was accompanied by a message: “There are maps of international cables connecting all regions of the world through the sea. It seems that Yemen is in a strategic location, as internet lines that connect entire continents – not only countries – pass near it.”

Yemen Telecom said it had made both diplomatic and legal efforts during the past few years to persuade global international telecom alliances not to have any dealings with the Houthis since it would provide a terrorist group with knowledge of how the submarine cables operated. It has been estimated that the Red Sea carries about 17% of the world’s internet traffic along fibre pipes.

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I did not know so much passed thru there.

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[Reverend Wright]

Globohomo has built in so many points of failure, it is just amazing !

[BenLurkin]

Pirates gotta pirate.

[blackdog]

Wow. This could be fu......

[Nachoman]

Houthis have submarines?

[BenLurkin]

Ping Me When the Internet Goes Down ping

If anyone wants on or off the Ping Me When the Internet Goes Down pinglist, kindly FReepmail me. Thanks!

[AndyJackson]

It’s a small world after all....

[Leaning Right]

> Houthis have submarines? <

Maybe they could just borrow the one that destroyed the North Sea pipeline.

[PGR88]

De-globalization black swans coming in large flocks.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

It's not like there are any important fiber optic cables running through that area.

[moovova]

[moovova]

Biden will give the Houthis free internet, Disney+ and Paramount+ for life if they promise not to destroy the cable.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

The Bab-el-Mandeb Strait is 16 miles wide and only 96 ft. deep. Doesn't take much of a submersible to go down 100 ft. Hydrostatic pressure at that depth is 56 psi (not much pressure). With Iran's help, they could build a undersea RPV very quickly to deliver explosives.

Also, there are cable landing stations all over the place that are vulnerable.

[Nachoman]

Thanks for the info. That depth would definitely be diveable.

[Republican in occupied CA]

Why are there any Houthis left?

[mikey_hates_everything]

Who needs a sub or diving gear? It’s 100’. Drag an anchor across the bottom at night.

[Bookshelf]

Once archaeologists determined that Yemen was not the home of the Garden of Eden its usefulness disappeared. Now, just level the place and be done with it.

[Freedumb]

Why are there any Houthis left?

Be careful how you speak of these future Democrat voters! Eventually one of these will be elected to Congress after they dump a hundred thousand or so of them in some district in flyover country and that Congresspersons job will be to represent Yemen and the Houthi’s in Congress!

[wildcard_redneck]

If BATO and the US goes to war with Russia directly, expect many, many undersea data cables to be cut.