Mystery fault takes undersea internet cable between Germany and Finland out of service

A data cable across Baltic Sea between Finland and Germany has broken and the cause is unknown

Guardian

Telecoms cable in Baltic Sea may have been severed, says Finnish owner

Communication across two fiber optic cables running across the Baltic Sea were disrupted this past week, sparking fears they were intentionally severed by acts of sabotage.

The first cable to go down — a 135-mile (218 km) internet link between Lithuania and the Swedish island of Gotland — went offline at roughly 0800 GMT on Sunday, according to a Lithuanian subsidiary of Sweden's Telia Company.

Reuters

"We can confirm that the internet traffic disruption was not caused by equipment failure but by physical damage to the fiber optic cable," a spokesperson for the firm said.

The second cable — a 745-mile (1,200 km) line between Finland's capital of Helsinki to the German port city of Rostock — was disrupted around 0200 GMT on Monday, the Finnish state-controlled cyber security and telecoms company Cinia said.

Sabotage Fears After Two Undersea Cables Severed in Baltic Sea

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