TO

Historical telecommunications security milestones, vulnerabilities, wiretapping incidents, and signaling exploits recorded in TO.

RECORDS INDEXED1

SPAN2022–2022

AVG SEVERITY8.0 / 10

Intercept Log — TO

001 RECORDS

2022

Data

8.0

Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha'apai Eruption Severs Tonga's Only International Subsea Cable

The 15 January 2022 eruption of the Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha'apai submarine volcano broke the Tonga Cable to Fiji, the kingdom's only international fiber link, largely cutting Tonga off from outside communication for about five weeks.