外国对手威胁美国海底电缆,促使人们呼吁采取更强有力的保护措施。 Foreign adversaries threaten U.S. subsea cables, prompting calls for stronger protection measures.

2025年11月20日,专家在众议院国土安全联合听证会上作证, 讨论美国海底电缆基础设施面临的威胁, On November 20, 2025, experts testified before a House Homeland Security joint hearing on threats to U.S. subsea cable infrastructure, highlighting growing risks from foreign adversaries seeking to disrupt or damage undersea fiber-optic networks. 电缆对全球互联网、金融和国家安全至关重要,在破坏、间谍和网络攻击方面,特别是在有争议的海区,这些电缆容易受到破坏、间谍和网络攻击。 The cables, vital to global internet, finance, and national security, face vulnerabilities from sabotage, espionage, and cyberattacks, particularly in contested maritime zones. 测试者强调,必须加强联邦协调、国际合作、对有复原力的基础设施进行投资,并改进监测工作,以便在地缘政治紧张局势升级时保护这些关键系统。 Testifiers stressed the need for enhanced federal coordination, international cooperation, investment in resilient infrastructure, and improved monitoring to protect these critical systems amid escalating geopolitical tensions.