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Two internet cables connecting Sweden and Finland suffered damage — one caused by construction, the other still under investigation


Everyone is on their toes because of recent events in the Baltic Sea.

According to the Swedish paper Expressen(machine translated), two fiber optic cables operated by Global Connect between Sweden and Finland were damaged Monday morning. A Chinese ship is suspected of deliberately dragging its anchor while traversing the area, thus cutting the BCS East-West Interlink Cable connecting Sweden and Lithuania and the C-Lion1 traveling between Finland and Germany. Another recent incident was when saboteurs knocked out several fiber optic cables in France, affecting over 10,000 subscribers over six departments (the French equivalent of counties).

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