Sweden’s Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson told the Munich Security Conference on Saturday that the country didn’t believe a series of submarine cable cuts in the Baltic Sea were simply coincidental.
An undersea cable breach would reroute to satellites
The Eagle S is suspected of damaging the Estlink-2 power cable which runs under the Baltic Sea between Finland and Estonia by dragging its anchor along the seabed on Christmas Day.
Police in Finland say the crew of a Russia-linked tanker suspected of damaging a power cable under the Baltic Sea have been detained indefinitely.
The Eagle S crew consists of 24 people with Finland’s Central Criminal Police imposing movement restrictions on eight.
On Friday, the United Nations Agency for Digital Technologies said it is partnering with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and International Cable Protection Committee (ICPC) to create the International Advisory Body for Submarine Cable Resilience.
SubCom is laying deepwater internet cables to boost U.S. economic and military might, including a secret mission to a remote island naval base, Reuters found.
En début de semaine, un lien backbone qui véhicule Internet du nord au sud de la France a été tronçonné près d’Aix-en-Provence. Les conséquences sont mineures, mais interrogent sur la fragilité des infrastructures.
