{"id":17737,"date":"2024-11-18T23:26:35","date_gmt":"2024-11-18T23:26:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=17737"},"modified":"2024-11-18T23:26:35","modified_gmt":"2024-11-18T23:26:35","slug":"hybrid-warfare-warning-as-undersea-cable-between-germany-and-finland-severed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=17737","title":{"rendered":"'Hybrid warfare' warning as undersea cable between Germany and Finland severed"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Germany and Finland say they are “deeply concerned” after an undersea cable linking the countries was severed.<\/p>\n

The rupture of the 1,170km (730-mile) telecommunications cable – which is being investigated – comes at a time of heightened tension with Russia.<\/p>\n

The two countries’ foreign ministers said in a joint statement: “Our European security is not only under threat from Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, but also from hybrid warfare by malicious actors.”<\/p>\n

Damage to pipelines in the Baltic Sea has raised fears of sabotage in recent years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In October 2023 a natural gas pipeline between Finland and Estonia was severely damaged<\/a>. Finnish officials later said the incident had been caused by a Chinese container ship dragging its anchor.<\/p>\n

And German prosecutors are still investigating the explosion of Nord Stream gas pipelines<\/a> between Russia and Germany in 2022.<\/p>\n

There have been conspiracy theories around that attack, with unconfirmed rumours that either the Ukrainian, Russian or US government was behind it.<\/p>\n

The latest incident involves a C-Lion1 fibreoptic cable linking the Finnish capital, Helsinki and the German city of Rostock.<\/p>\n

Finnish network operator Cinia said all fibre connections in it had been cut.<\/p>\n

“These kinds of breaks don’t happen in these waters without an outside impact,” a Cinia spokesperson told local media.<\/p>\n

Samuli Bergstrom, a Finnish government cybersecurity expert, said the failure had not affected internet traffic between the two countries as other cable routes were available.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Source: <\/em> www.bbc.com\u2026<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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