Submarine cable incident record

Germany, Finland, Lithuania and 1 more regional cable advisory cable event — 2024-11-18

Event ID evt_hist_67c8d52c01e7fbda · November 18, 2024

Two Baltic Sea fiber-optic cables cut, suspected sabotage, triggering European investigations.

Assumed resolved

Affected cable or system

Regional advisory; no cable was deterministically attributed

Affected countries

Germany, Finland, Lithuania, Sweden

Region

North Atlantic and Europe

Evidence mode

Reported evidence

Source extraction confidence

95%

Resolution

Assumed resolved after six months without newer evidence

Lifecycle

• Occurred: 2024-11-18T00:00:00.000Z
• Resolution date: 2025-05-18T00:00:00.000Z

Original supporting evidence

1. Baltic Cable Damage Sparks Sabotage Probes Submarine Telecoms Forum Archive · 2024-11-20T19:52:32.000Z
2. Germany Suspects Sabotage After Undersea Cables Severed Submarine Telecoms Forum Archive · 2024-11-20T19:27:13.000Z

Confidence describes automated extraction of the cited source, not a probability that every named cable was physically cut. Historical records may be marked assumed resolved when no newer evidence was available. Confirm operational decisions with the cable owner or carrier.

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