Finland: Outage reported after fiber optic cable damaged
Finland: Outage reported after fiber optic cable damaged
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.
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Cutting a couple undersea fiber cables and completely fucking the whole internet is very easy. Humanity has so far just kinda silently agreed to not fuck with that.
I commented this here a few months ago. Looks like the time has come, this is the 3rd cable in the last few days.
To be fair, the non-fuckening has probably been a result of no one being in a conflict that requires hybrid warfare