Undersea telecoms cable accidents (or “accidents”) are getting a bit too commonplace these days. Any such incident merits exceedingly serious analysis, as one bad slice can cut off entire countries from the internet. That’s definitely the line of thinking of Finland, which is now creating a new maritime surveillance center for the sole purpose of watching over the Baltic Sea. The Nordic country has particularly good reason to do so, as there were at least seven major incidents with sea vessels taking out infrastructure since 2023. The initiative is being arranged in cooperation with other countries’ coastlines on the Baltic Sea, as well as the European Commission (EC). This development is also a fruit of the EC’s proposition last February to secure the region’s submarine cables.

Full report : Undersea cable cutting shenanigans lead Finland to create a dedicated maritime surveillance center — Russian shadow fleet operations heighten concerns in the Baltic Sea.