A critical underwater internet cable linking Finland to Germany has been severed, sparking fears of Russian sabotage…
The incident happened in the vicinity of the Swedish island of Gotland, in the Baltic Sea, early on Monday morning.
A further cable was also found to be impacted later, according to Cinia, the state-controlled Finnish company that manages the link. The second line runs almost 730 miles next to gas pipelines and power cables.
Cinia said a repair ship had been sent to investigate the cause of the outage, which has hit the only cable connecting the country to central Europe.
Finland’s communications agency said most internet users would not notice Monday’s outage, with the country able to fall back on cables running through other parts of the continent.
The company said that, while there was no indication that the damage was sabotage, it was likely to have been the result of human activity.
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