TAIPEI -- Taiwan's remaining undersea cable link to the Matsu Islands near China was completely disconnected early Wednesday, the government said, adding to a string of such issues and raising ...

Credit: AFP The incident marks the fourth submarine cable disruption in 2025 alone, compared to three incidents each in 2023 and 2024. The Taiwan-Matsu cables, designated as critical ...

Subsea cables are especially vulnerable to sabotage or even exploitation, as they are extremely long, difficult to monitor, ...

A third fibre optic cable linking the islands to Taiwan that previously malfunctioned is also still not working. There is growing concern in Taiwan over the security of its cables after a Chinese ...

The cable that was cut helps provide internet ... Over the years, there have been reports of China using various methods to cause problems for Taiwan, often without direct conflict.

Taiwan's undersea cable disruptions near Keelung have intensified concerns about the security of critical tech infrastructure, particularly as similar incidents occurred in the Baltic Sea in ...

Taiwan's Ministry of Digital Affairs said on Wednesday that undersea cables to the Matsu Islands, which lie close to the coast of China, were disconnected due to "natural deterioration" and back-up ...

Taiwan, which China views as its own territory, said a ship owned by a Hong Kong company but registered both in Cameroon and Tanzania, damaged a cable to the north of the island earlier this month ...

A third fibre optic cable linking the islands to Taiwan that previously malfunctioned is also still not working. There is growing concern in Taiwan over the security of its cables after a Chinese ...

Taiwan's Ministry of Digital Affairs has blamed "natural deterioration" as the reason for the latest subsea cable outages to impact the island. As reported by Reuters, the government said that subsea ...