Two undersea fiber-optic communications cables in the Baltic Sea, including one linking Finland and Germany, were severed, raising suspicions of sabotage by bad actors, countries and companies involved said on Monday.
The Chinese ship Yi Peng is the main suspect in the investigation into who cut two undersea telecom cables between Finland-Germany and Sweden-Lithuania. The ship sailed right over the cables when they were cut at 8am GMT on Sunday and 2am GMT on Monday.
An undersea telecommunications cable connecting Finland and Germany across the Baltic Sea was severed, raising suspicions of intentional damage, the NATO member states said.
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On Monday, Finnish company Cinia, which constructs fiber optic networks and provides telecommunications services, said a “fault” has been detected in the C-Lion1 submarine
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