ER Editor: Some interesting tweets —
FOUR incidents today.
– Cinia Cable between .fi and .de
– Telia Cable between .swe and .lt
– British Airways IT outage
– Johan Sverdrup oilfield power outageOne can be a random event. FOUR?
No bueno. pic.twitter.com/F9FGiSacUO— C Schmitz (@chrisschmitz) November 18, 2024
For those with such a mind —
Nov 18: A fault has been detected in the Cinia C-Lion1 submarine cable between Finland and Germany
C-Lion1 is an undersea fiber cable between Rostock, Germany, and Helsinki, Finland, connecting businesses in central Europe with data centers in Northern Europe
18 Nov = 18:11 ~… pic.twitter.com/SoprrMIn0k
— Codey369 (@Codeym369) November 18, 2024
Communication cable cut!
“Russia might have a motive” says Finland.
An undersea telecommunications cable that links Finland to continental Europe has been damaged.
The C-Lion1 submarine cable, which runs between Finland and Germany, has a malfunction, according to Cinia,… pic.twitter.com/EVLRVJ1Qxz
— Lord Bebo (@MyLordBebo) November 18, 2024
Politico.eu also picked up the story. See —
New Baltic Sea mystery as Finland probes internet cable damage
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Undersea data cable between two NATO countries breaks
The C-Lion1 line runs under the Baltic Sea between Finland and Germany
RT
A “fault” has been detected on the C-Lion1 data cable connecting Finland and Germany, AP has reported, citing authorities in Helsinki.
The installation runs nearly 1,200 kilometers under the Baltic Sea, between Helsinki, Finland and Rostock, Germany. Technicians at Cinia, a Finnish state-owned data services provider, detected a disturbance during a routine check at around 4am local time on Monday.
“All the fiber connections in it are cut,” the company spokesman told Finnish media, adding that the cause of the problem is being investigated. “At the moment, there isn’t a possibility to assess the reason for the cable break, but these kinds of breaks don’t happen in these waters without an outside impact.”
Finland’s internet traffic is routing along other data cables, according to Samuli Bergstrom, head of the Cybersecurity Center at the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency (Traficom), told the broadcaster Yle.
“Disturbances occur from time to time and there can be various reasons,” Bergstrom added. “For example, they are susceptible to the weather and damage caused by shipping.”
Finland’s Security and Intelligence Service (SUPO) told Yle that it was too early to assess the cause of the cable break, noting that around 200 undersea cable breaks happen around the world every year.
“The most common cause of cable breakage is human activity, such as fishing or anchoring,” a SUPO spokesperson said.
Finland and Estonia initially blamed Russia for an October 2023 incident that damaged an undersea gas pipeline between the two countries, until an investigation established that a Chinese cargo ship’s anchor had been responsible.
The C-Lion1 went into service in 2016, as a way to improve Finland’s data connection to central Europe. The cable itself runs close to the NordStream pipelines, which once delivered natural gas from Russia to Germany. Three out of four tubes were damaged by sabotage in September 2022, while the fourth has never been activated, due to Berlin’s refusal to certify its operation.
No one has taken responsibility for the blasts that disabled the pipelines. Investigative journalist Seymour Hersh has pointed the finger at the US and Norway. Several Western newspapers have claimed that a group of Ukrainians carried out the bombing, with or without Kiev’s knowledge or approval.
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Baltic Undersea Data Cable ‘Disruption’ May Take Two Weeks To Repair
Update (1352ET):
Finnish networking company Cinia sheds more color on the mysterious “fault” detected in the Cinia C-Lion1 submarine cable between Finland and Germany:
A fault has been detected in the Cinia Oy C-Lion1 submarine cable between Finland and Germany and corrective measures have been initiated.
A fault has been detected in the Cinia Oy C-Lion1 submarine cable between Finland and Germany early after 4 a.m. on Monday 18th November, 2024. Due to the fault, the services provided over the C-Lion1 are down.
The details of the fault are yet not known and are currently being investigated. Corrective measures have been initiated and the repair vessel is getting ready to go on the site. The exact repair time is not yet known, but typically the repair time for submarine cables is between 5 and 15 days.
Finland’s international telecommunication connections are routed via multiple routes and the impact of a single cable failure depends on the resilience of the service providers’ connections.
Some X users have pointed to a crude tanker as a potential suspect in the undersea cable disruption.
Regarding the Outage of C-LION-1.
I have tried nailing down the time through the service monitoring of cloud providers.@Hetzner_Online has a large DC in Finland and is a main user of the connection.According to them, the outage started around 03:30 AM UTC . pic.twitter.com/roKOd80Uhd
— C Schmitz (@chrisschmitz) November 18, 2024
C-Lion-1 underwater fiber optic communication cable between Finland and Germany interrupted.
This is the only cable connecting Finland with Central Europe. A special ship set out to search for the cause.
Do you have any idea who could have damaged the cable? pic.twitter.com/izmPMNHBqh
— Jürgen Nauditt (@jurgen_nauditt) November 18, 2024
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Finnish networking company Cinia reports that its submarine communications cable, “C-Lion1,” which connects Finland and Germany and provides a direct, high-capacity data link between Northern and Central Europe, has encountered a “fault.”
“A fault has been detected in the Cinia C-Lion1 submarine cable between Finland and Germany on 18 November, 2024. Due to the fault, the services provided over the C-Lion1 cable are down. The cause of the fault is being investigated. More information of the situation will be updated on Tuesday 19 November, 2024,” Cinia wrote in a statement on its website.
C-Lion1 is an undersea fiber cable between Rostock, Germany, and Helsinki, Finland, connecting businesses in central Europe with data centers in northern Europe. It was constructed in early 2016 and has a total capacity of 144 terabits per second, facilitating low latency and secure data transmission.
Cinia did not provide further details about the cause of the fault on C-Lion1 or if there were any disruptions in data communications.
One X user speculated, “Potential cause of C-lion1 cable break The crude oil tanker Magic Lady on its way from St. Petersburg to Dakar, which behaved strangely 2024-11-18 10:23:17 UTC in the Baltic Sea.”
Potentiaalinen syypää C-lion1 kaapelin katkeamiseen Pietarista Dakariin matkalla ollut raakaöljytankkeri Magic Lady, joka käyttäytyi oudosti 2024-11-18 10:23:17 UTC Itämerellä.#clion1 #magiclady https://t.co/kFwJt9bh0O pic.twitter.com/OQoWraNBXz
— Aarne Leinonen LIB kuntavaaliehdokas HKI (@AarneLeinonen) November 18, 2024
A little more than two years ago, in a similar area of the Baltic Sea, Russia’s Nord Stream undersea pipeline feeding Germany NatGas exploded. Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has stated that the US ordered the attack on the vital pipeline.
*Developing…
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