A large US technology company said Microsoft’s Azure cloud service was confused by the Red Sea submarine cable cut.
The company said that Azure users will experience delay due to the problem of passing through the Middle East due to the Internet traffic problem. Azure is one of the world’s best cloud computing platforms.
Microsoft did not explain the causes of reduced by submarine cables. It added that it routed the traffic through another path.
During the weekend, there was another report that submarine cable cuts affected the UAE and Asian countries.
According to an update posted on the Microsoft website on Saturday, Azure traffic, which passes through the Middle East, said, “The waiting time can increase due to the reduction of seabed fiber in the Red Sea.”
“Traffic that does not pass through the Middle East is not affected.”
The cable on the seabed transmits data to the intercontinental and is often described as the skeleton of the Internet.
NetBlocks, an organization that monitors Internet access on Saturday, said the Red Sea’s series of submarine cable cuts affected Internet services in many countries, including India and Pakistan.
Pakistan’s telecommunications company warned that cable cuts occurred in water near Jedda, Saudi City, in X’s posts, and Internet services could be affected during peak time.
On Sunday, NetBlocks said that the service was suspended in the United Arab Emirates.
Undersea cables can be damaged by an anchor falling by ships, but they can also be attacked.
In February 2024, several communication cables in the Red Sea were cut, which affected data traffic between Asia and Europe.
The case occurred for about a month after Yemen’s internationally recognized government warned that the Iranian support heavy rain movement could interfere with submarine cables in addition to attacking the ship. HOUTHIS denied that they aimed at the cable.
In the Baltic Sea, after the invasion of Ukraine in 2022, it was damaged due to suspected attacks of a series of submarine cables and gas pipelines.
Earlier this year, the Swedish authorities seized the vessels suspected of damaging the cable from the Baltic Sea to Latvia. The prosecution said the initial investigation pointed out destruction.
