Finland: Outage reported after fiber optic cable damaged – DW – 12/03/2024
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Significant internet outages in Finland have been attributed to a damaged fiber optic cable. The Baltic Sea region has seen similar disruptions in recent months.

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.

    • einkorn@feddit.orgEnglish
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      16 days ago

      Sometimes I wonder why these important cables appear to be laid all over the place.

      The image is from Germany, where in July a farmer dug up part of his field, apparently unaware that a major connection cable was just 60 cm below the ground.