LS Cable & System Develops Hacking-Resistant Optical Cable... Ready for Mass Production

An LS Cable employee is inspecting the produced optical fiber.

[Photo by LS Cable]

[Asia Economy Reporter Ki-min Lee] LS Cable announced on the 3rd that it has developed a hacking-prevention optical cable and completed preparations for mass production.

The optical cable developed by LS Cable this time uses special optical fibers and reinforced coating to fundamentally block illegal leakage and interference of information.

Optical cables transmit signals with light, but when the cable is bent in a circular shape, the light escapes outward due to its straight-line property. At this time, hacking devices can be connected to intercept optical signals and steal information or, conversely, add optical signals to paralyze the communication network.

Previously, methods such as applying infrared coating and adding metal tubes were used to prevent hacking, but they have not been widely used due to high manufacturing costs and installation difficulties.

An LS Cable official said, "General optical cables are often left unprotected despite the fact that almost all transmitted information such as emails, financial transactions, and CCTV footage can be stolen," adding, "We expect the introduction of hacking-prevention optical cables to increase, especially in finance, defense industry, data centers, and CCTV."

In addition, LS Cable is enhancing its competitiveness in related technologies by consecutively launching premium communication cables such as closed-circuit (CC) TV cables that transmit power and data simultaneously, and communication lines using carbon fiber that reduce weight by more than 20%.

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