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European investigators say that a Chinese commercial ship purposefully cut critical data cables in the Baltic Sea (www.theverge.com)

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A Chinese commercial ship is suspected of deliberately dragging its anchor to cut undersea cables that connect countries over the internet, The Wall Street Journal reports.

International investigators reportedly believe the crew aboard Yi Peng 3, a bulk carrier full of Russian fertilizer, dragged its anchor for more than 100 miles across the Baltic seabed, damaging the cables that run across it. Two different internet links — one between Sweden’s Gotland Island and Lithuania, and another between Finland and Germany — stopped working earlier this month, prompting the investigation by authorities from all four countries and other nations.

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It’s not the first time European officials have suspected Russia of undersea infrastructure sabotage since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. But officials have been hesitant to accuse the Kremlin outright of interference, the Journal reports, in part for fear of further escalating tensions between Russia and Europe.

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[–] sunbeam60@lemmy.one 36 points 7 months ago (14 children)

This article underplays the international games being played on this right now.

The very ship that’s being accused of the sabotage has been stopped by Swedish and Danish coast guard vessels and is currently being gently prevented from moving on. It’s a bit of a stand-off at the minute. Turns out their anchor looks all mangled up, so something has definitely happened.

[–] The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org 22 points 7 months ago (13 children)

This is the "fuck around" stage of the international games.

[–] rtc@beehaw.org 17 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (12 children)

The powerful must be bored from being wealthy and using money to dictate what people should do, so maybe going a bit more hands on to play war.

They could just get a computer, yo. Even an old one would do, even 90s games can handle all their needs.

[–] Cube6392@beehaw.org 1 points 7 months ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUxkFCBPgx4

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