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.

    • bluGill@fedia.io
      352·
      2 days ago

      Best retaliation is more arms to Ukraine - a war that is already in progress and so you don’t risk starting a new war.

    • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
      491·
      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
        116·
        1 day 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.

    • surph_ninja@lemmy.world
      220·
      1 day ago

      The west destroyed the Nord stream pipeline, and caused one of the worst climate disasters in history with it. We can’t afford more infrastructure targeting by the western nations. Too much collateral damage.