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This could trigger a digital disaster.
Iran’s next threat: a global 'digital catastrophe'
Tehran threatens to target undersea cables in the Strait of Hormuz, potentially disrupting banking, cloud services, military communications and internet traffic across continents; UAE reports fire near nuclear plant amid reports of drone attack
Iran is analysing the introduction of fees for internet submarine cables that cross the Ormuz Strait and discussing measures that could affect the activity of large technology companies, according to News.ro, which quotes CNN. Experts warn that any disruption of the underwater infrastructure in the area could have major effects on global internet traffic and digital services.
Iran wants to tax Internet submarine cables in the Strait of Ormuz and indirectly threatens large technology companies with disrupting global digital traffic, in a new demonstration of the influence it is trying to exert on one of the world's most important strategic routes, CNN reports.
Emboldened by the success of the Strait of Hormuz blockade during the war, Iran turned to one of the hidden channels in the global economy. It was Iran's hidden treasure. What was it? An undersea cable beneath the waterway that carries massive internet and financial traffic between Europe, Asia, and the Persian Gulf.
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