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Andy<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#meta</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#facebook</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/fb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fb</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ai</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/underseacable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#underseacable</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/cable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cable</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/connectivity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#connectivity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/zuckerberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#zuckerberg</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#usa</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/markzuckerberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#markzuckerberg</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/connectivity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#connectivity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tech</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#science</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/artificialintelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#artificialintelligence</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#media</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#business</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#socialmedia</a> Whoopee. Presumably Ai will “like” pictures of your friend’s dinners without any human intervention.Meta plans globe-spanning sub-sea internet cable <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgrgz8271go" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgrgz8271go</a>

Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Sweden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Sweden</a> seizes <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/cargoship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cargoship</a> after another <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/underseacable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#underseacable</a> hit in suspected <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/sabotage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sabotage</a> Swedish authorities have "seized" a vessel – believed to be the cargo <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ship</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Vezhen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Vezhen</a> – "suspected of carrying out sabotage" after a cable running between <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Sweden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Sweden</a> and <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Latvia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Latvia</a> in the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/BalticSea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BalticSea</a> was damaged on the morning of January 26. <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/NATO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NATO</a> increasing patrols in the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Baltic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Baltic</a> as region awaits navy drones. Sweden, NATO's newest member, already deployed three warships and a surveillance airplane. <a href="https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/27/sweden_seizes_ship/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/27/sweden_seizes_ship/</a>

Frankie ✅Sweden seizes vessel suspected of ‘sabotage’ after undersea data cable rupture in Baltic Sea <a href="https://apnews.com/article/latvia-denmark-underwater-cable-damage-investigation-63da5ef0d577bca12bbe118d527d3a14" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://apnews.com/article/latvia-denmark-underwater-cable-damage-investigation-63da5ef0d577bca12bbe118d527d3a14</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#news</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/international" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#international</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sabotage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sabotage</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/undersea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#undersea</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/underseacable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#underseacable</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sweden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sweden</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#russia</a>

Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/UnderseaCable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UnderseaCable</a> near <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Taiwan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Taiwan</a> damaged in suspected sabotage, allegedly by the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Shunxin39" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Shunxin39</a>, a Cameroonian-registered cargo ship with suspected links to mainland <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#China</a>. Taiwan is investigating the case and accelerating efforts to bolster telecom infrastructure with satellite systems. <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-06/undersea-cable-near-taiwan-damaged-in-suspected-sabotage/104788140" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-06/undersea-cable-near-taiwan-damaged-in-suspected-sabotage/104788140</a>No way they were testing things in the Baltic and North Sea, not just technique but also responses.... just no way.... </s>

Harry SintonenIt 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 <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/telecommunications" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#telecommunications</a> 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.<a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/hybridwarfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hybridwarfare</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/sanctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sanctions</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/underseacable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#underseacable</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/estlink2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#estlink2</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/ESTLINK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ESTLINK</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/clion1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#clion1</a>

Harry SintonenIt appears that the cable has been cut deliberately. Finnish Border Guard ship Turva has stopped the tanker Eagle S suspected to be involved in the incident. <a href="https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:712379/mmsi:518998865/imo:9329760/vessel:EAGLE_S" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:712379/mmsi:518998865/imo:9329760/vessel:EAGLE_S</a>YLE news: <a href="https://yle.fi/a/74-20133516" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://yle.fi/a/74-20133516</a> (in english)<a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/infrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#infrastructure</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/estlink2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#estlink2</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/estlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#estlink</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/underseacable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#underseacable</a>

Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬Underwater footage raises suspicions of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/underseacable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#underseacable</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/sabotage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sabotage</a> as <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Europe</a> authorities board <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#China</a> flagged <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ship</a> for investigation Records show that the ship passed over the BCS East-West Interlink connecting <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Sweden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Sweden</a> to <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Lithuania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Lithuania</a> while making slow, erratic movements uncharacteristic of an underway commercial <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/cargoship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cargoship</a> last November 17. It happened again the following day when the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/YiPeng3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#YiPeng3</a> was over the C-Lion1 cable between <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Finland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Finland</a> and <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Germany</a>. <a href="https://www.tomshardware.com/networking/underwater-footage-raises-suspicions-of-undersea-cable-sabotage-as-european-authorities-board-chinese-ship-for-investigation" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.tomshardware.com/networking/underwater-footage-raises-suspicions-of-undersea-cable-sabotage-as-european-authorities-board-chinese-ship-for-investigation</a>

Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬Western powers make plans to secure submarine communications cables, excluding <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#China</a> This draft, set for signing by <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#US</a>, <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EU</a>, and other allies later this month, demands <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/underseacable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#underseacable</a> operators must have supply chain and data security measures on their networks and that they report security incidents for monitoring. This is similar to move <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#US</a> made few years back, when it pushed Chinese companies like Huawei out of its <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/5G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#5G</a> infrastructure and encouraged allies to do same. <a href="https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/western-powers-make-plans-to-secure-submarine-communications-cables-excluding-chinese-firms-and-technology" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/western-powers-make-plans-to-secure-submarine-communications-cables-excluding-chinese-firms-and-technology</a>

Netopia EUHow Tech Disrupted State Services <a href="https://netopia.eu/how-tech-disrupted-state-services/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://netopia.eu/how-tech-disrupted-state-services/</a> 🎯An excellent review by Ralf Grötker covering:1/ Backend vs. Frontend Focus: 2/Control of Backend Infrastructure 3/ Impact on Welfare States: 4/ Digital Sovereignty and Security 5/ Regulation Gaps 6/ Commercial vs. Public Ownership Read Ralf Grötker's review at <a href="https://netopia.eu/how-tech-disrupted-state-services/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://netopia.eu/how-tech-disrupted-state-services/</a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/algorithmicbias" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#algorithmicbias</a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/backend" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#backend</a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/underseacable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#underseacable</a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Universalaccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Universalaccess</a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/InternetExchangePoints" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#InternetExchangePoints</a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DigitalSovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DigitalSovereignty</a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DigitalSovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DigitalSovereignty</a>

Tero Keski-Valkama<a href="https://rukii.net/tags/Taiwan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Taiwan</a> <a href="https://rukii.net/tags/UnderseaCable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UnderseaCable</a> cuts linked to <a href="https://rukii.net/tags/Chinese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Chinese</a> vessels | <a href="https://rukii.net/tags/TaiwanNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TaiwanNews</a>"Chinese fishing vessels were linked to two incidents where undersea <a href="https://rukii.net/tags/cables" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cables</a> linking Taiwan and its outlying <a href="https://rukii.net/tags/Matsu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Matsu</a> Islands were severed earlier this month, a preliminary investigation has found."<a href="https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4812970" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4812970</a>

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