NATO-backed Project HEIST to protect subsea internet by diverting it to space
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To protect critical underwater infrastructure from potential attacks or natural disasters, NATO is backing a project that aims to reroute internet from subsea cables to satellites in space. The Alliance will reportedly support the project with a grant of €400mn through its Science for Peace and Security Programme (SPS). While the initiative hasn’t been publicly announced yet, Eyup Kuntay Turmus — adviser and programme manager of the SPS — confirmed the project’s recent approval and imminent start to Bloomberg. Subsea infrastructure is vital but vulnerable Invisible but vital, subsea cables enable over 95% of the global internet traffic. They also…
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