Helsinki, Finland — Finnish investigators probing damage to a Baltic Sea power cable and several data cables said they found an anchor drag mark on the seabed, apparently from a Russian-linked ship that has already been seized for investigation. The Estlink-2 power cable, which carries energy from Finland to Estonia across the Baltic Sea, failed … Read more
Underwater internet cables face new threats – CBS News Watch CBS News With undersea cables connecting the world’s continents, recent incidents involving foreign ships are raising questions about their safety. Chris Krebs, former director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, looks at the growing threats. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for … Read more
Two submarine cables carrying internet data at the bottom of the Baltic Sea have been damaged, European telecommunications companies said this week, drawing European governments attention to a possible Russian “hybrid war” targeting global communications infrastructure. On Wednesday, interest focused on a Chinese-flagged cargo ship called Yi Peng 3, which data provided by maritime tracking … Read more