It might be interesting to readers some more information about these underwater taps. The devices are built to detach when the cable is raised to prevent detection.
How long they store data? This one was 1-2 weeks before it had to be collected via submarine and new drives put in or the drives wiped.
Later devices such as the nuclear powered ones developed by Bell Labs and buoy tethered devices.
Also, here is a great cable map that has been around a couple years, it shows who owns each cable. http://www.submarinecablemap.com/
Here is a picture of the device used during Operation Ivy Bells, it's in the KGB museum in Moscow. http://www.therebreathersite.nl/11_Closed%20Circuit%20Rebrea...
It might be interesting to readers some more information about these underwater taps. The devices are built to detach when the cable is raised to prevent detection.
How long they store data? This one was 1-2 weeks before it had to be collected via submarine and new drives put in or the drives wiped.
Later devices such as the nuclear powered ones developed by Bell Labs and buoy tethered devices.
Also, here is a great cable map that has been around a couple years, it shows who owns each cable. http://www.submarinecablemap.com/
Facebook and Google have their own underwater fiber lines across the Pacific and possibly the Atlantic, http://www.wired.com/2012/07/facebook-submarine/
This is a good article too: http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/undersea-cable-surveillance...