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- Russian ships have recently been active in the vicinity of vital undersea fiber-optic cables that power the internet, texts, calls, and the world’s financial transactions.
- The US and its allies worry the Kremlin might be taking information warfare to new depths.
- A naval commander said the US hadn’t seen this type of Russian activity since the 1980s.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Russian ships are skulking around underwater communications cables, causing the U.S. and its allies to worry the Kremlin might be taking information warfare to new depths.
Is Moscow interested in cutting or tapping the cables? Does it want the West to worry it might? Is there a more innocent explanation? Unsurprisingly, Russia isn’t saying.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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