LS Cable & System, led by CEO Myung No-hyun, made an announcement on Nov. 3 that it has developed optical cables to prevent hacking and is preparing to mass-produce them.
This product used special optical fiber and strengthened coating to fundamentally block the illegal leakage and disturbance of information.
Optical cables transmit signals with light, and when the cables are bent round, the light escapes out due to its straightness. At this time, it is possible to connect hacking equipment, intercept optical signals, extract information, or add optical signals to paralyze the network.
Previously, infrared coatings and metal tubes were used to prevent hacking, but they are not used much for reasons such as high manufacturing costs and difficult installation, according to the company.
"In many cases, general optical cables are defenseless even when they can take out almost all information that comes and goes, such as e-mail, financial transactions, and CCTV screens," an official of LS Cable said. "We expect the introduction of anti-hacking optical cables will increase, especially in finance, defense industries, data centers and CCTVs."
LS Cable & System has recently released a series of premium communication cables, including cable for CCTVs that combine power and data transmission, and communication lines that use carbon fiber to reduce weight by more than 20 percent, enhancing the competitiveness of technologies based on the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
