stackyFACTSJust in case you thought the ocean was a safe haven for our precious data, sharks have a bizarre taste for the lifelines connecting our continents. These underwater predators are drawn to the magnetic fields emitted by the lines, leading them to take massive bites out of our international bandwidth.
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