China accused of planning to exploit undersea cable networks to spy on other countries, report says

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

China is supporting private investment in underwater cable projects in the Pacific to spy on other nations and steal data from them, according to reports.

Newsweek reported a spokesperson for Taiwan's Foreign Ministry who claimed on Friday that China was planning to "monopolize" communication networks in the Pacific to steal valuable data from its rivals.

The report comes a day after a Reuters investigation found that US government officials had warned Pacific island nations against awarding underwater cable contracts to Chinese state-linked firms.

These contracts are related to the Kiribati Connectivity Project (KCP), which was designed in 2017 to improve communications to the island nations of Nauru, Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), and Kiribati.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/china-accused-of-planning-to-exploit-undersea-cable-networks-to-spy-on-other-countries-report-says/ar-BB1c3Zrq?li=BBnb7Kz

[usajumpedtheshark]

1. Pfft, we have been doing that for decades