Multiple subsea fiber optic cables in the Red Sea suffered simultaneous cuts on September 6, 2025, disrupting global internet and communications traffic. The incident began at 05:45 UTC and has forced operators to reroute traffic between Asia, the Middle East, and Europe over alternate paths. There has been concern about the cables being targeted in a Red Sea campaign by Yemen's Houthi rebels, which the. The severing of the SEA-ME-WE 4, IMEWE, and FALCON GCX subsea cables near Saudi Arabia has caused Internet issues in the Middle East and South Asia. 7 million kilometres of global data and internet cables. Each year, up to 200 submarine cable cut incidents reported, as per ICPC. The initial news seems to have originated from a Microsoft announcement published on Sunday.
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