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The U.S. military has expanded its cybersecurity presence in Hawaii and established a regional center to detect threats and disruptions to Pacific communications networks, according to the South China Morning Post. The report says neither initiative was explicitly linked to China.
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Undersea cables carry communications between the Pacific and the U.S. mainland, so disruptions could affect U.S. communications and security. The report describes efforts to detect threats but does not say that a disruption has occurred.