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Committee hears warnings on cyberattacks, undersea cable incidents and telecom espionage
Summary
Witnesses and members raised recent incidents of undersea cable tampering and Chinese-backed cyber intrusions into U.S. energy and telecom infrastructure, and urged more resources for offensive and defensive cyber tools.
Lawmakers and witnesses spent part of the hearing focused on cyber threats to critical infrastructure, including reported undersea cable tampering and telecom intrusions attributed in public reporting to Chinese-backed groups.
Capt. Brent Sadler (ret.) told the subcommittee that recent incidents — including a reported boarding of a vessel suspected of cutting undersea cables near Taiwan — indicate an erosion of the comfortable “gray zone” and a shift to more overt actions that…
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