Finland: Outage reported after fiber optic cable damaged – DW – 12/03/2024
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In November, two data cables were damaged in the Baltic Sea in quick succession. Now another internet cable has been damaged in the the region — this time on land.

Summary

A fiber optic cable connecting Sweden and Finland was damaged on land, affecting 6,000 private customers and 100 businesses.

While Finnish authorities are investigating, Swedish officials suspect sabotage.

This incident follows recent undersea cable damage in the Baltic Sea, where two cables were severed in November, raising similar sabotage concerns.

The Baltic region, home to multiple NATO nations and Russia, has seen heightened tensions since the Nord Stream pipeline explosions in 2022.

Previous cases involved sightings of a China-flagged vessel, but Russia has denied involvement in any incidents.

    • @[email protected]English
      17•9 days ago

      Let’s not be xenophobic. Humans can be shitty, no need to marginalise entire countries. Heads of states and ruling parties are the ones to criticise.

    • guyEnglish
      -10•9 days ago

      I assume you blame Russia/China for this and I’d love to see some evidence for this. As far as we know this might just be an accident.

      And “are not humans”, wtf? For potentially severing an >internet cable<

      • FubarberryEnglish
        7•9 days ago

        A Chinese flagged ship disabled it’s transponders (so that people wouldn’t know where it was), slowed it’s speed, then dropped anchor and dragged it 100 miles across multiple underwater cables. This is almost certainly intentional sabotage, although it’s not yet clear what governments are responsible. The ship was loaded with Russian fertilizer, which is the main link to Russia.

        Also:

        The Yi Peng 3 joins a growing list of incidents fueling Western suspicions of Russia’s covert operations. Last year, the Newnew Polar Bear, another Chinese vessel, allegedly severed a Finnish gas pipeline and cable while carrying Russian sailors.

        Source

        • guyEnglish
          -1•8 days ago

          While Yi Peng 3’s behavior is highly suspicious and extremely likely to be intentional, I doubt they are responsible for severing a land cable :P

      • @[email protected]English
        3•9 days ago

        We will find out who it was soon enough, but whoever it was, they were definitely human and should be treated as such.

        • guyEnglish
          0•8 days ago

          Yes indeed! And the police has deemed this one as a probable result of construction work.

          Not every cable damage is Russia :|