“The company’s technical manager reported that this communication channel accounted for almost a third of international Internet traffic”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
The company’s technical manager reported that this communication channel accounted for almost a third of international Internet traffic, but the public did not experience any interruptions due to damage to the channel.
“In Lithuania, we even have several Internet connections with large bandwidth reserves, so users can be sure that the connection will work even in the most difficult circumstances,” Telia reported.
On November 18, it became known that two underwater optical fiber cables were damaged in the Baltic Sea. One connects Germany with Finland, the other – Sweden with Lithuania.
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The cable connecting Helsinki to the German port of Rostock stopped working on the morning of November 18, Finnish state-owned cybersecurity and telecommunications company Cinia said. The Internet cable connecting Lithuania with the Swedish island of Gotland broke down in about three hours, the Lithuanian company Telia Lietuva reported.
The Swedish prosecutor’s office has started a preliminary investigation into suspected sabotage due to cable damage. Finland and Germany also announced a joint investigation and reported “suspected intentional damage” to the cable.
Representatives of the foreign ministries of the two countries believe that security in the region is under threat due to “hybrid war by malicious entities” and also due to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
The vessel Yi Peng 3 left the Russian port of Ust-Luga on November 15. Last week, Russia said it was “absurd” that it was involved in the violations.
In the winter of this year, the underwater electric cable connecting Finland and Estonia was broken. In October 2023, telecommunication cables connecting Estonia with Finland and Sweden were damaged. At the same time, the Balticconnector gas pipeline was damaged. China later said that the damage to the Balticconnector was caused by a Hong Kong-flagged vessel that had anchored the gas pipeline during a storm.