Iran is threatening undersea cables. The world’s ‘digital chokepoints’ have never been more vulnerable
- Written by Meredith Primrose Jones, Researcher, Oceania Cyber Security Centre, RMIT University
imaginima / Getty ImagesEarly this week, Iranian state-linked media floated a plan to charge the operators of undersea internet cables in the Strait of Hormuz for access to what they say is Iran’s offshore territory.
The suggestion comes after Iranian warnings that several important cables in the strait were a vulnerable point for economies...





