Sounds like a request for more money and power
Cables have been cut many times. Once it was a deliberate hostile act - the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The rest were accidents and most, if not all, were unpreventable by a government. As for tapping, my assumption is that all cables are tapped by multiple intelligence agencies from all the big powers.
So why bring this up with notes of doom and gloom? Somebody or somebodies are looking for more money, more power, and political propaganda. And they will get it, as usual.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
