Cable disruptions can occur from time to time, and there may be various reasons for them, such as exposure to weather and damage caused by maritime activities.
Supo: Too early to assess cause
The Finnish Security and Intelligence Service (Supo) told Yle on Monday afternoon that it was too early to assess the cause of the cable breakage.
The agency noted that around 200 submarine cable breaks occur worldwide each year.
"The most common cause of cable breakage is human activity, such as fishing or anchoring," a spokesperson said.
This past January, authorities said that
damage to another electric cable between Finland and Estonia was probably not caused by an external factor.
All telecommunications running on the submarine cable have been cut off. A cybersecurity expert tells Yle that the cable break is likely to be intentional.
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