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That rate was reduced to 0.44 faults per 1,000 km per year after 1985, due to widespread burial of cable starting in 1980. [ 104 ] Still, cable breaks are by no means a thing of the past, with more than 50 repairs a year in the Atlantic Ocean alone, [ 105 ] and significant breaks in 2006 , 2008 , 2009 and 2011 . Several vulnerabilities of submarine communication cables make them attractive targets for organized crime . The following section explores these vulnerabilities...