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Yi Peng 3 crossed both cables C-Lion 1 and BSC at times matching when they broke

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499 points perihelions | 4 comments | 20 Nov 24 06:56 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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nabla9 ◴[20 Nov 24 08:15 UTC] No.42191758[source]▶
October 2023 there was similar incident where Chinese cargo ship cut Balticonnector cable and EE-S1 cable. Chip named 'Newnew Polar Bear' under Chinese flag and Chinese company Hainan Xin Xin Yang Shipping Co, Ltd. (aka Torgmoll) with CEO named Yelena V. Maksimova, drags anchor in the seabed cutting cables. Chinese investigation claims storm was the reason, but there was no storm, just normal windy autumn weather. The ship just lowered one anchor and dragged it with engines running long time across the seabed until the anchor broke.

These things happen sometimes, ship anchors sometimes damage cables, but not this often and without serious problems in the ship. Russians are attempting plausible deniability.

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spongebobstoes ◴[20 Nov 24 08:20 UTC] No.42191786[source]▶
What are some concrete reasons why someone would want to damage these cables? Who benefits?
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1. Mistletoe ◴[20 Nov 24 08:23 UTC] No.42191804[source]▶
It doesn’t even really stop anything right? Communications just have to route around it and use other cables and satellites. It just seems like Russia wants to be annoying.
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2. Hamuko ◴[20 Nov 24 08:26 UTC] No.42191823[source]▶
Destroying the gas pipeline between Estonia and Finland did take it out for like six months. I think it may have had some negative impact on Estonian electricity prices during that time.
3. pvaldes ◴[21 Nov 24 00:23 UTC] No.42199689[source]▶
Could this disturb crypto operations in any way?
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4. Mistletoe ◴[21 Nov 24 04:09 UTC] No.42201010[source]▶
Not really. If the internet works, sending and using crypto works and it doesn’t use much bandwidth.