Finland

Historical telecommunications security milestones, vulnerabilities, wiretapping incidents, and signaling exploits recorded in Finland.

RECORDS INDEXED2

SPAN2023–2024

AVG SEVERITY9.3 / 10

Intercept Log — Finland

002 RECORDS

2023

Data

8.8

Balticconnector & Baltic Telecom Cables Damaged by Dragged Anchor of the Newnew Polar Bear

On 7–8 October 2023 the Balticconnector gas pipeline between Finland and Estonia, a Finland–Estonia telecom cable and the Sweden–Estonia EE-S1 cable were damaged in the Gulf of Finland and off Hiiumaa; Finland's National Bureau of Investigation recovered a ship's anchor beside the pipeline and linked the damage to the Hong Kong-flagged container ship Newnew Polar Bear.

2024

Data

9.7

Baltic Sea C-Lion1 & BCS Subsea Fiber Severance by Yi Peng 3

Two major submarine optical fiber cables connecting Finland to Germany and Lithuania to Sweden were physically severed in the Baltic Sea by an anchor dragged by the Chinese bulk carrier Yi Peng 3.