Finland says four people suspected in subsea cable breachsubsea cable breach
Finnish police said in Helsinki on Friday that four people are suspected of involvement in damage to two subsea telecommunication cables in the Baltic Sea last year.
Prosecutors will decide whether to bring charges. The case matters because undersea cables carry vital internet and communications traffic and have become a growing security concern in Europe.
- A single undersea cable break can reroute traffic through other lines and slow communications across multiple countries.
- The Baltic Sea is unusually busy with both commercial shipping and military patrols.
- Europe relies on hundreds of submarine cables for nearly all international data exchange.
