The cause of broken underwater cable in the Baltic Sea is not yet known. The C-Lion1 cable is the only undersea cable connecting Finland to central Eu

Undersea data cable between Germany and Finland broken

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2024-11-18 19:00:04

The cause of broken underwater cable in the Baltic Sea is not yet known. The C-Lion1 cable is the only undersea cable connecting Finland to central Europe.

Authorities in Finland are investigating the cause of a broken underwater cable in the Baltic Sea which runs southwest to Germany.

"As a result of the fault, the communication connections running on the C-Lion1 submarine cable are down," the company said, adding that the cause of the disruption was being investigated.

The Finnish Broadcasting Corporation YLE cited Samuli Bergström, communications chief at the Finnish National Cyber Security Center Traficom, as also having confirmed the break.

"The reasons are under investigation. Disturbances occur from time to time and there can be various reasons. For example, they are susceptible to weather and damage caused by shipping. The essential thing is that the problems are identified and corrective measures are taken," he said.

"However, it is good to keep in mind that data connections out of Finland go from several different places. Now one of these connections is broken, which may burden others [but the effects are] probably not visible to the average citizen," Bergström said.