95 TO 99% OF ALL GLOBAL INTERNET TRAFFIC FLOWS THROUGH UNDERSEA CABLES AND IRAN JUST THREATENED TO CUT THEM
Read that again.
Not satellites. Physical glass fiber cables sitting on the ocean floor at 200 feet depth. ZERO protection.
30% of the world’s internet passes through ONE chokepoint: the Strait of Hormuz.
20+ cables run through the active war zone RIGHT NOW.
Trump gave Iran 48 hours to reopen Hormuz — or he obliterates their power plants.
Iran’s response: Touch our grid, we cut the cables.
The Houthis already proved it works — they hit Red Sea cables earlier in this conflict. Iran watched. Iran learned.
Banking. Cloud. Crypto. Communications. Financial markets. ALL of it runs through those cables.
This isn’t a cyberattack. It’s a SCISSORS attack — and the world’s internet has no backup plan.
95 TO 99% OF ALL GLOBAL INTERNET TRAFFIC FLOWS THROUGH UNDERSEA CABLES AND IRAN JUST THREATENED TO CUT THEM
Read that again.
Not satellites. Physical glass fiber cables sitting on the ocean floor at 200 feet depth. ZERO protection.
30% of the world's internet passes through… pic.twitter.com/jFcFw73dcT
— Wang Laurent (@wanglaurentceo) March 22, 2026
IRAN THREATENS TO CUT HORMUZ INTERNET CABLES WHICH HANDLE 20% OF GLOBAL INTERNET TRAFFIC pic.twitter.com/svF8vVkCzk
— Special Situations 🌐 Research Newsletter (Jay) (@SpecialSitsNews) March 23, 2026
U.S. WARNS IT MAY BE FORCED TO LAUNCH GROUND OPERATION TO CAPTURE IRAN'S KHARG ISLAND, OFFICIALS TELL COUNTERPARTS – JERUSALEM POST
— First Squawk (@FirstSquawk) March 22, 2026
NATO VOWS TO REOPEN HORMUZ
NATO chief Mark Rutte said he is “absolutely convinced” the alliance will reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
He noted allies are coordinating their response after weeks of planning, stressing the importance of acting together with the U.S.
Rutte also…
— *Walter Bloomberg (@DeItaone) March 22, 2026