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#underseacable

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MediaFaro News Digest

Sweden investigating new reports of Baltic Sea cable damage.

Sweden's coast guard has dispatched a vessel to waters east of Gotland. A number of telecommunications and power cables have been damaged in the Baltic Sea in recent months.

mediafaro.org/article/20250221

Deutsche Welle · Sweden investigating new reports of Baltic Sea cable damageBy Zac Crellin
#Sweden#BalticSea#UnderseaCable
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Frankie ✅

Sweden seizes vessel suspected of ‘sabotage’ after undersea data cable rupture in Baltic Sea

apnews.com/article/latvia-denm

AP News · Sweden seizes vessel suspected of 'sabotage' after undersea data cable rupture in Baltic SeaSweden has opened a preliminary investigation into suspected aggravated “sabotage” and ordered the detention of a vessel in the Baltic Sea suspected of damaging an underwater fiber optic cable connecting Latvia and the Swedish island of Gotland earlier that day. The Swedish Coast Guard confirmed to the newspaper Expressen that they were on site near the vessel which the paper identified as the Malta-flagged Vezhen, at anchor near the port of Karlskrona. Sunday’s rupture follows a string of incidents that have heightened fears of Russian sabotage and spying in the strategic region.
#news#international#sabotage
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Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬

#UnderseaCable near #Taiwan damaged in suspected sabotage, allegedly by the #Shunxin39, a Cameroonian-registered cargo ship with suspected links to mainland #China.
Taiwan is investigating the case and accelerating efforts to bolster telecom infrastructure with satellite systems.
abc.net.au/news/2025-01-06/und

No way they were testing things in the Baltic and North Sea, not just technique but also responses.... just no way.... </s>

ABC News · Undersea cable near Taiwan damaged in suspected sabotage by ChinaBy Najma Sambul
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Harry Sintonen

#Traficom boarded Eagle S to perform port state control (PSC) inspection. Courses of action Traficom may impose on a ship with deficiencies (in order of ascending gravity) are:
- Deficiencies can be rectified within 14 days for minor infractions.
- Under specific conditions, deficiencies can be rectified when the ship arrives at the next port.
- Deficiencies must be rectified before the ship can depart the port.
- Detention of the ship occurs.

Traficom boarding Eagle S to perform port state control (PSC) inspection. Images from Traficom - https://kuvapankki.traficom.fi/main/galleryview/qsr=eagle%20s
Traficom boarding Eagle S to perform port state control (PSC) inspection. Images from Traficom - https://kuvapankki.traficom.fi/main/galleryview/qsr=eagle%20s
Traficom boarding Eagle S to perform port state control (PSC) inspection. Images from Traficom - https://kuvapankki.traficom.fi/main/galleryview/qsr=eagle%20s
#estlink2#estlink#underseacable
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Harry Sintonen

It appears that Russia has figured out a secondary function for their grey fleet: Hybrid warfare.

They create a "shipping company" to some country outside of the sanctions. The company likely has only a single asset: the vessel itself. The vessels are very old and in poor condition and have no insurance. A crew is hired to operate the vessel.

Normally these vessel are used to circumvent the sanctions in place, for example to sell Russian oil.

As a recent new development it appears that these vessels are also used to perform hybrid operations that target undersea cables. Prime example is the Baltic sea that is relatively shallow, and the cable locations are well documented. There has been multiple recent incidents involving ships that "accidentally" drag their anchors and cause damage.

The operation likely also involves finding crew members willing to take a compensation for performing the malicious task of dragging the anchor on the seabed. This is made easier by the fact that the crew can claim ignorance or bad seamanship. The threat to these persons is very limited, as the Nordic countries have very lenient legal systems. It is unlikely that they would be incarcerated for a significant amount of time, even if found guilty of sabotage.

The payout vs the investment is significant. The damage caused by the disruption of the undersea #telecommunications and electricity cables likely far exceeds the value of the ship or the cargo combined. The involved ship can just ignore any requests to stop or allow for inspections, as long as they are in international waters.

Considering there is a really high barrier in disrupting international shipping, anyone willing to abuse the system can continue to do so until significant changes will be made.

#hybridwarfare#sanctions#underseacable
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Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬

Underwater footage raises suspicions of #underseacable #sabotage as #Europe authorities board #China flagged #ship for investigation
Records show that the ship passed over the BCS East-West Interlink connecting #Sweden to #Lithuania while making slow, erratic movements uncharacteristic of an underway commercial #cargoship last November 17. It happened again the following day when the #YiPeng3 was over the C-Lion1 cable between #Finland and #Germany.
tomshardware.com/networking/un

Tom's Hardware · Underwater footage raises suspicions of undersea cable sabotage as European authorities board Chinese ship for investigationBy Jowi Morales
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Olly 👾

Finland says latest Fiber-Optic Cable Break was an Accident, not Sabotage.

In an official statement, Finland's police said they have no ongoing criminal investigation into the recent cable break, dismissing previous reports that the incident was allegedly caused by malicious activity.

poliisi.fi/en/-/police-have-no

As of the time of writing, the cables had been repaired — a day after they were damaged at two separate locations in rural areas. The incident caused a major internet outage in Finland, affecting 6,000 private customers and 100 businesses using the services of the local Global Connect and Elisa telecom operators. Most customer services linked to the cables have already been restored. This week's incident follows recent breaches (intentional or not) of undersea cables in the Baltic Sea. Finland's authorities are currently investigating the damage to the cable that connects Finland and Germany. Earlier last month, another cable connecting Sweden and Lithuania was also damaged. Sweden, Germany and Lithuania have all launched criminal investigations into a Chinese ship that allegedly damaged those cables. It is not yet clear whether the incident was an accident or intentional. German authorities said earlier in November that they assumed the damage to cables in the Baltic Sea was an act of sabotage. Last week, Sweden formally asked China to cooperate with an investigation into damage to the cables. Beijing has denied any involvement in sabotage and said it was willing to work on the investigation. <https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/19/baltic-sea-cables-damage-sabotage-german-minister>
#finland#underseacable#breach
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Netopia EU

How Tech Disrupted State Services
netopia.eu/how-tech-disrupted-
🎯An excellent review by Ralf Grötker covering:

1/ Backend vs. Frontend Focus:

2/Control of Backend Infrastructure

3/ Impact on Welfare States:

4/ Digital Sovereignty and Security

5/ Regulation Gaps

6/ Commercial vs. Public Ownership

Read Ralf Grötker's review at netopia.eu/how-tech-disrupted- #algorithmicbias #backend #underseacable #Universalaccess #InternetExchangePoints #DigitalSovereignty #DigitalSovereignty

NetopiaNetopiaThe future of the internet: Netopia takes its departure point in human rights and a broad perspective on society’s digital evolution.
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Norobiik @Norobiik@noc.social

#Taiwan’s space agency is working on its own version of ‘#Starlink,’ which will allow the island to remain online even if Taiwan’s #UnderseaCable system is hit during a conflict.

CNN’s #WillRipley sits down with the director of the #TaiwanSpaceAgency in an international exclusive to find out more about the island’s #SpaceProgram.

Taiwan’s internet is vulnerable to #China threats. Its space agency is stepping in [VIDEO]
msn.com/en-us/money/other/taiw

A map showing the many vulnerable internet undersea cables around Taiwan
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Norobiik @Norobiik@noc.social

#IvoryCoast, #Liberia, #Benin, #Ghana and #BurkinaFaso among countries experiencing outages.

#NetworkDisruptions caused by cable damage have occurred in #Africa in recent years. However, today’s disruption “points to something larger [and] this is amongst the most severe,” said #IsikMater, director of research at #NetBlocks

Much of west and central Africa without internet after #UnderseaCable failures
theguardian.com/technology/202

The Guardian · Much of west and central Africa without internet after undersea cable failuresBy Guardian staff reporter
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