Red Sea Cables Damaged, Affecting Global Internet Traffic

The damage was discovered after warnings that the Houthi terror group could target the cables, but Yemen blames retaliatory attacks by the United States and UK.

Members of the Yemeni Coast Guard affiliated with the Houthi group patrol the Red Sea on Jan. 4, 2024. AFP via Getty Images

Global internet traffic has been affected by damage to multiple undersea cables in the Red Sea, a region that’s seeing intense conflict between Houthi rebels and Western forces.

“Among 15+ submarine cables in the Red Sea, 4 of them (Seacom, TGN, AAE-1, EIG) are cut which we estimated impact 25 percent of traffic” in that area, Hong Kong telecom company HGC Global Communications said in a March 4 statement.