Damage to underwater communication cables in the Red Sea will not have a significant impact on the functioning of Internet resources in Russia. This opinion was expressed by the editor-in-chief of the Cyber Media portal Valery Ivanov. “lenta.ru”.
According to Ivanov, failures in the functioning of various applications and slowdowns in their work are possible, but this is unlikely to last long.
“Incidents on highways occur quite frequently; from underwater earthquakes to incidents involving ships and even sharks, the responsible organizations know how to deal with them,” explained the expert.
Ivanov noted that damage to cables in the Red Sea does not pose a significant threat to domestic users of the worldwide network, since Internet connection in Russia is carried out simultaneously from several sides (from Europe, Asia and the USA).
It was learned that four underwater communication cables were found in the Red Sea on February 27 damaged As a result of the attack by the Houthis from the Ansarullah movement. This caused Internet communications between Europe and Asia to be disrupted.
Large-scale disruption to the global Internet It didn’t happen Due to the use of backup lines.
It was reported that the restoration of the cables started on March 2. already in progressbut the cost of insuring cable ships has risen sharply.
It was previously known to what extent maritime communication cables were damaged. reduced network traffic.