Australia Investigates Damage To 2 Critical Undersea Communication Cables Off Perth
Australia’s Federal Police is assessing a report of crime after two subsea communication cables developed faults close to each other and one after another off Perth.
The cables are owned by Subco. Its founder and chief executive, Bevan Slattery, said the Indigo-West and Indigo-Central cables suffered “shunt faults” inside the Submarine Cable Protection Zone off Perth.
Slattery also said a vessel was operating near the location around the time the faults occurred. He described the activity as “suspicious/coincidental” but did not say the vessel had caused the damage.
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) confirmed it had received a report of crime and…