Once a successful tap has been achieved, … sniffers, can capture the data.

Read the entire article: Fibre-optic networks vulnerable to hacking | IT PRO – By Asavin Wattanajantra, 3 Aug 2009 at 15:33

“Organisations in the financial, insurance, healthcare, and government sectors deliver sensitive information across fibre-optic cables…

“Hence, capturing or eavesdropping on this data serves not only military purposes. …

The report also includes some past incidents of optical fibre networks being hacked, …

Fouchereau said that as it was impossible to monitor the entire optical fibre network, …