Two telecoms cables in Baltic Sea severed, raising suspicions of sabotage | Finland
Two undersea optical communication cables in the Baltic Sea (including one connecting Finland and Germany) have been cut, raising suspicions that they were sabotaged by bad actors. Monday's episode recalls other incidents in the same waterway that authorities are investigating as potentially malicious, including damage to a gas pipeline and undersea cable last year and […]
Underwater sabotage: Are global powers targeting fiber-optic cables?
As wars rage around the world, the fog of war and accusations of sabotage continue to plague international relations. According to newsweek According to reports, Nikolai Patrushev, a close ally of President Putin, recently blamed American and British intelligence agents for past sabotage and plans for future attacks. Specifically, it accused the United States and […]
What lies beneath: the growing threat to the hidden network of cables that power the internet | Internet
ITonga was plunged into darkness in the aftermath of a massive volcanic eruption in the early days of 2022. The undersea eruption, 1,000 times more powerful than the Hiroshima bomb, sent tsunamis into Tonga’s neighbouring islands and covered the islands’ white coral sand in ash. The force of the eruption of the Hunga Tonga Hunga […]
Yosemite hiker slips on cables in Half Dome and falls to death during storm | National parks
A father-daughter hike that began as a bucket list for an Arizona college student ended tragically when she fell to her death. Yosemite’s Half Dome Earlier this month. Hiker Grace Roeloff, 20, and her father, Jonathan Roeloff, were descending a cable from the summit of Yosemite on July 13 when they reportedly slipped and fell. […]