Digital Affairs Ministry busts rumors that 9 undersea cables are damaged

Digital Affairs Ministry busts rumors that 9 undersea cables are damaged

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Rumors have surfaced that nine of Taiwan’s undersea telecommunications cables had snapped at the same time recently. But those rumors are false, according to the Ministry of Digital Affairs. Officials say only three of Taiwan’s undersea cables have seen disruptions this year. Let’s hear more from the ministry.

Lin Yi-jing
Minister of Digital Affairs
There was a rumor on the internet that said that nine of the undersea cables were down at the same time. That is incorrect. We issued a clarification yesterday evening to explain the situation.

Niu Hsin-jen
Ministry of Digital Affairs
There were three disruptions this year. Two of them were caused by the cables getting snapped by ships. That was the case for the Taima No. 3 and the Taipeng No. 3. There was only one instance of a disruption to an international undersea cable within a perimeter of 24 nautical miles.

Even President Lai Ching-te posted on social media, stressing that Taiwan’s internet, phone, and external connections were intact. He added that repairs to the three damaged cables would wrap up in November. Several undersea cables have been severed by Chinese vessels in recent years, raising national security concerns. A DPP lawmaker is now urging the Executive Yuan to reclassify the cables as part of critical strategic infrastructure.

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網傳台灣9海纜同時斷纜? 數發部駁斥:錯誤訊息

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網傳台灣有9條海底電纜，同時斷纜，新任數發部長林宜敬強調，是錯誤訊息，台灣今年只有3次斷纜。

[[數發部長林宜敬]]
“這個一開始網路上有訊息傳出來說，有九條海纜同時斷掉，這是一個錯誤的訊息，我們在昨天傍晚我們也發出澄清稿，說明實際的狀況。"

[[數發部韌性建設司司長牛信仁]]
“今年海纜有三次障礙，兩次是船舶勾到纜線，就是台馬和台澎三號，另外一次是纜線老舊，是台馬三號。國際海纜，24海里(內的國際段)只有一次。”

數發部強調，今年國內只有3次斷纜，就連總統賴清德，也發文強調上網、通話、對外連線都沒問題，待修復的3條電纜，11月就會完成。而中國多次切斷台灣海纜，掀起國安危機，立委林岱樺表示，會建議行政院，將海底電纜納入戰略關鍵建設。

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