Another internet connection between Sweden and Finland was also cut, causing numerous connection failures. Authorities suspect there may have been sabotage. “We take this issue very seriously,” emphasized Karl-Oskar Bolin, Finland's Minister of Civil Defense.
The disruption of internet connectivity between Sweden and Finland was reported on Monday night. Global Connect reports that around 6,000 customers in Finland are affected.
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Your Internet provider determined that the interference was caused by a broken network cable. – Two optical fiber outages occurred in Finland – said company spokesperson Niklas Ekström.
Cable breakage in Finland. Service suspects sabotage
One of the connections has already been repaired and the other is still being worked on. Finnish authorities have confirmed that the cable break occurred on Finnish land.
– We take this very seriously. Police are investigating what happened and the circumstances of the incident raise suspicions of sabotage, Civil Defense Minister Karl Oskar Bolin said in an interview with Aftonbladet newspaper.
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The Minister assured that the government remains in contact with the relevant authorities and monitors the development of the situation.
Two other incidents of this type have occurred recently. In mid-November, the Baltic communication cable connecting Helsinki and Rostock was damaged.
On the same day, Telia's technical director Andrius Šemeshkevicius announced that communication cables between Lithuania and Sweden were also damaged.
Cable damaged in Europe. authorities are seriously concerned
This failure caused serious concern in Germany and Finland. “Our European security is at risk not only as a result of Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine, but also as a result of hybrid warfare waged by malign actors,” the two foreign ministers said in a joint statement.
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“The cable break was not an accident, but the result of a deliberate act,” Tapio Frantti, a cybersecurity professor at the University of Jyväskylä, said on behalf of Ale. As he emphasized, in such a situation the question arises as to who could have the motivation to do such a thing. In his opinion, Russia may be such a country. – They think they have a special right to do such things – he said.
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