The two ruptures in terrestrial fiber optic cables observed on Monday in Finland appear to be of accidental origin, the Finnish authorities announced on Tuesday after a Swedish minister initially raised the suspicion of sabotage. “Both cables appear to have been cut during construction work, so this is a normal incident”said the Finnish Transport and … Read more
The prime ministers of Sweden and Denmark said Wednesday they could not rule out sabotage after two Baltic Sea cables were cut, highlighting the increased risk of hybrid attacks. The cable “C-Lion1”connecting Finland to Germany, was found broken in Swedish waters, south of the island of Öland, about 700 km from Helsinki. Another telecommunications cable, … Read more
Two telecommunications cables were damaged in the Baltic Sea in forty-eight hours between Finland and Germany on the one hand, and Sweden and Lithuania on the other, reviving suspicions of sabotage as part of a “hybrid warfare”particularly with regard to Russia. Sweden announced the opening of an investigation into « sabotage »with the support of … Read more