Is it possible to hack into Backbones?

Hey everyone, I don't know shit about anything, more so when it comes to computers. But I just learned that the world is connected through wires that cross the oceans or below land and reach Backbones, what I interpreted as "Main internet servers". I'm probably butchering this, don't mind the ignorance.
The first thing that came to mind was "What if people actually hacked into backbones, wouldn't they be able to control whole regions, countries or continents worth of machines?" This sounds like something a Bond villain would plot, so I assume it's not doable, but why isn't it? Has anyone ever hacked into Backbones?

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