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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 seizes #cargoship after another #underseacable hit in suspected #sabotage
Swedish authorities have "seized" a vessel – believed to be the cargo #ship #Vezhen – "suspected of carrying out sabotage" after a cable running between #Sweden and #Latvia in the #BalticSea was damaged on the morning of January 26.
#NATO increasing patrols in the #Baltic as region awaits navy drones. Sweden, NATO's newest member, already deployed three warships and a surveillance airplane.
theregister.com/2025/01/27/swe

The Register · Sweden seizes cargo ship after another undersea cable hit in suspected sabotageBy Jude Karabus

#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

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

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

Severed #internet cables raise suspicion of #sabotage in Baltic Sea

While circumstances remain unclear, the reports come amid mounting warnings of Russian #HybridWar & sabotage operations across #Western countries, namely in the #Baltic Sea region.

1 cable, a 1,200km long linking #Helsinki with #German port of #Rostock, went offline Nov 18

A shorter 218km long one between #Lithuania & #Sweden’s #Gotland Island, went offline on Nov 17

kyivindependent.com/severed-in

The Kyiv Independent · Severed internet cables raise suspicion of sabotage in Baltic SeaBy Boldizsar Gyori

Western powers make plans to secure submarine communications cables, excluding #China
This draft, set for signing by #US, #EU, and other allies later this month, demands #underseacable operators must have supply chain and data security measures on their networks and that they report security incidents for monitoring. This is similar to move #US made few years back, when it pushed Chinese companies like Huawei out of its #5G infrastructure and encouraged allies to do same.
tomshardware.com/tech-industry

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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#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

#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