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  1. The #EagleS shipping company tried to challenge the ship's impounding today but court upheld the action while investigation continues.

    Three companies: the state owned Fingrid and Cinia, and the private Elisa, owners of #Estlink #CLion1 and one of the other telco fibers have filed for impoundment to cover cable repair costs (which will exceed the value of the ship and its gasoline cargo).

    Eight crew members suspected are under travel restriction.
    yle.fi/a/74-20134655

  2. President Stubb in his press briefing:

    The first time one year ago [#balticconnector #NewnewPolarBear] the ship was able to leave without being stopped. One month ago the second ship [#YiPeng3 #clion1] was stopped but not brought to national waters. This time [#Estlink #EagleS] Finnish authorities were able to assume control and begin a criminal investigation.

  3. It appears that Russia has figured out a secondary function for their grey fleet: Hybrid warfare.

    They create a "shipping company" to some country outside of the sanctions. The company likely has only a single asset: the vessel itself. The vessels are very old and in poor condition and have no insurance. A crew is hired to operate the vessel.

    Normally these vessel are used to circumvent the sanctions in place, for example to sell Russian oil.

    As a recent new development it appears that these vessels are also used to perform hybrid operations that target undersea cables. Prime example is the Baltic sea that is relatively shallow, and the cable locations are well documented. There has been multiple recent incidents involving ships that "accidentally" drag their anchors and cause damage.

    The operation likely also involves finding crew members willing to take a compensation for performing the malicious task of dragging the anchor on the seabed. This is made easier by the fact that the crew can claim ignorance or bad seamanship. The threat to these persons is very limited, as the Nordic countries have very lenient legal systems. It is unlikely that they would be incarcerated for a significant amount of time, even if found guilty of sabotage.

    The payout vs the investment is significant. The damage caused by the disruption of the undersea #telecommunications and electricity cables likely far exceeds the value of the ship or the cargo combined. The involved ship can just ignore any requests to stop or allow for inspections, as long as they are in international waters.

    Considering there is a really high barrier in disrupting international shipping, anyone willing to abuse the system can continue to do so until significant changes will be made.

    #hybridwarfare #sanctions #underseacable #estlink2 #ESTLINK #clion1

  4. @giggls Kann ich bestätigen. Latenz ist wieder auf den Wert von vor dem 18.11.24 runter. Gestern (Donnerstag 28.11.24 22.00-22h40MEZ) war noch erstmal eine halbe Stunde ordentlich Packetloss, aber seitdem kommen wir wieder schneller an die Server dort.
    Wirklich bemerkbar waren die 10ms Umweg über Stockholm nicht.
    Die Umschaltungen, insbesondere auf das IPv4-Routingproblem am 19.11 (zwischen Helsinki und OVH, NUE und FSN war ja OK) hätten wir jedoch gern verzichtet.
    #freifunk #hetzner #CLion1

  5. Yesterday, James Appathurai, #NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Innovation, Hybrid and Cyber, stated on @euronews:

    “You might have seen that a Chinese ship cut the #Baltic connection cable. The Chinese have come forward to admit that.”

    🔗 youtu.be/z7lM2-doGJs?feature=s

    #euronews #china #BalticSea #SubmarineCable #cLion1

  6. There is the old adage that the #Internet would treat failures (including censorship) as an error and route around it.

    With two #undersea cables having (been?) broken last week, we have an excellent real-time view into this.

    Analysis data collected by #RIPE #Atlas probes (operated by volunteers) shows that even #outage of two major cables result in amazingly little extra delay or packet loss.

    Thanks to all the ISPs keeping up a good mesh!

    h/t @nohillside
    #BCS #CLion1
    labs.ripe.net/author/emileaben

  7. 🇸🇪 🇫🇮 #CLion1 „Bundesaußenministerin Baerbock sagte nach einem Treffen mit ihren Kollegen aus Polen, Frankreich und Italien in Warschau, die Schäden an den Kabeln könnten kein Zufall sein. Sie verwies dabei auf jüngste Cyberattacken und die Explosion eines Luftfrachtpakets in Deutschland, die als Einschüchterungsversuche durch Russland einzustufen seien.“ #NATO #UnterseeDatenkabel #Untersee #Datenkabel
    squeet.me/display/962c3e10-e1f

  8. 🇸🇪 🇫🇮 #CLion1 „Bundesaußenministerin Baerbock sagte nach einem Treffen mit ihren Kollegen aus Polen, Frankreich und Italien in Warschau, die Schäden an den Kabeln könnten kein Zufall sein. Sie verwies dabei auf jüngste Cyberattacken und die Explosion eines Luftfrachtpakets in Deutschland, die als Einschüchterungsversuche durch Russland einzustufen seien.“ #NATO #UnterseeDatenkabel #Untersee #Datenkabel
    squeet.me/display/962c3e10-e1f

  9. 🇸🇪 🇫🇮 #CLion1 „Bundesaußenministerin Baerbock sagte nach einem Treffen mit ihren Kollegen aus Polen, Frankreich und Italien in Warschau, die Schäden an den Kabeln könnten kein Zufall sein. Sie verwies dabei auf jüngste Cyberattacken und die Explosion eines Luftfrachtpakets in Deutschland, die als Einschüchterungsversuche durch Russland einzustufen seien.“ #NATO #UnterseeDatenkabel #Untersee #Datenkabel
    squeet.me/display/962c3e10-e1f

  10. Select quotes from the updated YLE story:

    "The cable rupture is more likely to be the result of an intentional act than an accident, Tapio Frantti, professor of cybersecurity at the University of Jyväskylä, told Yle."

    ...

    "The Finnish Security and Intelligence Service (Supo) told Yle on Monday afternoon that it was too early to assess the cause of the cable breakage.

    ...

    "The most common cause of cable breakage is human activity, such as fishing or anchoring," a spokesperson said."

    yle.fi/a/74-20125339 #infrastructure #clion1 #telecommunications #telecoms

  11. #CLion1 telecom cable between Helsinki, Finland and Rostock, Germany has been cut. YLE news: yle.fi/a/74-20125339 (english) #infrastructure