The cause of the cable damage was uncertain. Telecom operators said on Boxing Day that the incident had not impacted consumers so far.

Two of the data links are marine cables operated by Elisa, running between Helsinki and Tallinn, Estonia. One also running from Helsinki to Tallinn is owned by the Chinese-owned CITIC Telecom.

The fourth cable is Cinia’s C-Lion1 submarine cable, which connects Helsinki to Germany. Finnish state-owned company Cinia has pinpointed the damage to its cable southeast of the Porkkala peninsula, just west of Helsinki on the Gulf of Finland.

According to the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency (Traficom), Elisa’s cables have been severed, and two other cables have sustained damage.

  • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
    481·
    2 days ago

    They say once is happenstance, twice is coincidence, and three times is enemy action. Seems we’re past that now.

    • humanspiral@lemmy.ca
      114·
      21 hours ago

      Which is why you should suspect the same “friends” as the evil doers. Official nordstream whitewashing is ukraine did it.

      The dementia of accusing Russia needs a motive. So does rewarding Ukraine for another fundraising operation.