Ship sunk by Houthis likely responsible for damaging 3 telecommunications cables under Red Sea

The U.S. assesses that three sea cables under the Red Sea damaged last week were likely severed by the anchor of a ship as it was sinking after an attack by the Houthis. 

"Those cables were cut mostly by an anchor dragging from the Rubymar as she sank," White House national security communications adviser John Kirby told CBS News national security correspondent David Martin in an interview Wednesday. 

The U.K.-owned commercial ship Rubymar sank Saturday morning after taking on water when it was hit by a Houthi missile on Feb. 18. As it was sinking, its anchor likely severed three of the cables that provide global telecommunications and internet data internationally.