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ER Editor: This comes hard on the heels of other undersea telecom cable malfunctions. From Nov. 19, Finland to Germany, with other outages —
Undersea data cable between two NATO countries breaks
And Nov. 29, Denmark —
Denmark Hit By ‘Whole Country’ Mobile Outage, Trains Halted
BREAKING:
🇫🇮🇸🇪 Finland announces that another undersea telecommunications cable between Sweden and Finland was cut in 2 locations a few hours ago. pic.twitter.com/s0B1LNoh9m
— Megatron (@Megatron_ron) December 3, 2024
🚨 BREAKING: Another Internet Cable Severed Between Finland and Sweden
▪️ Cable break reportedly occurred in Finnish territory; Swedish police suspect criminal activity.
▪️ Finnish Minister Lulu Ranne confirms investigation into the incident. pic.twitter.com/w95fAQgwib— Agentis GeoP 🇷🇸🇷🇺☦️ (@AgentisGeop) December 3, 2024
Politico.eu also has this —
Finnish telecom company hit by cable outage
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Telecoms Cable Between Sweden & Finland Damaged In Two Separate Places
A land-based fiber-optics cable running across the border between Sweden and Finland was damaged in two separate locations on Monday. This incident comes weeks after EU investigators probed a Chinese-flagged vessel suspected of sabotaging undersea cables in the Baltic Sea.
Internet provider Global Connect told AP News that the telecommunications cable was severed in two places in southern Finland.
More data cable cutting in the Baltics – this time on land. Finnish cable company Global Connect announced its internet services were disrupted as a result of 2 cable breaks between Sweden & Finland. Finnish authorities said “We take the situation seriously.” This follows recent… pic.twitter.com/5ibMhKP2h7
— Glasnost Gone (@GlasnostGone) December 3, 2024
“The first damage has been repaired, and internet access has been mostly restored,” said Global Connect’s spokesman in Sweden, Niklas Ekström, adding that thousands of customers were briefly knocked offline.
Ekström said, “We are still working on fixing the second damage.”
He noted that the first incident was related to construction work but provided no further details about what caused the second incident, stating: “We have no analysis on this so far.”
“The authorities are investigating the matter together with the company. We take the situation seriously,” Finland’s minister of transportation and communications, Lulu Ranne, wrote on X.
Euronews said, “Swedish media reported that Finnish police suspect a criminal offence in connection to the damaged cable.”
The incident comes weeks after two undersea fiber optic cables connecting Finland, Germany, Sweden, and Lithuania across the Baltic Sea were severed by what EU investigators believe was an act of sabotage by a 225-meter Chinese bulk carrier. NATO warships have since surrounded the vessel.
With wars ongoing in Eastern Europe and parts of the Middle East, spillover risks remain elevated, as terror groups, rogue nations, and or just plain bad actors may be intensifying sabotage efforts targeting infrastructure.
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