{"id":155656,"date":"2026-08-05T10:30:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T10:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=155656"},"modified":"2026-08-05T10:30:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T10:30:10","slug":"pla-scientists-say-submarine-cables-carrying-99-of-global-data-could-be-easy-target","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=155656","title":{"rendered":"PLA scientists say submarine cables carrying 99% of global data could be \u2018easy target\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostThe underwater cables that play a vital role supporting the international digital economy are increasingly vulnerable to attack from low-cost drones, Chinese military researchers have warned.<br \/>\nThey said the seabed had long been viewed as a strategic \u201cblind spot\u201d due to the difficulty of exploration and the high cost of controlling it, but was becoming a \u201cnew arena for great power rivalry\u201d.<br \/>\n\u201cThe barrier to entry for undersea warfare is lowering,\u201d Shi Guanglei and Shi Haiming from the National&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/science\/article\/3363019\/pla-scientists-say-submarine-cables-carrying-99-global-data-could-be-easy-target?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostThe underwater cables that play a vital role supporting the international digital economy are increasingly vulnerable to attack from low-cost drones, Chinese military researchers&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155656"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=155656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155656\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=155656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=155656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=155656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}