Russian submarines and spy-ship operations are too close to key undersea fibre-optic cables, for US intelligence officials' liking, raising concerns that cables could be severed or hacked at their most "difficult to access points" at a time of heightened conflict. Unofficial reports from the US officials put this type of Russian activity at Cold War levels, but in May 2015 when both the technology carried by the Russians, and the reliance of the USA on its global data-links, are significantly higher than ever before.
Russian submarines and spy-ship operations are too close to key undersea fibre-optic cables, for US intelligence officials' liking, raising concerns that cables could be severed or hacked at their most "difficult to access points" at a time of heightened conflict. Unofficial reports from the US officials put this type of Russian activity at Cold War levels, but in an era when both the technology carried by the Russians, and the reliance of the USA on its global data-links, are significantly higher than ever before.