Two fiber-optic undersea internet cables connecting Scandinavia to mainland Europe were severed within 24 hours of one another. European officials suspect the cuts are a sign of sabotage. The cables connected Finland to Germany and Lithuania to Sweden were ...

March 4, 2025: Since late 2024 there have been several underwater cables cut in the Baltic Sea. The cable tampered with included one for power, one for data and one for natural gas. The damage was done using anchors dragged long distances across the seabed.

Houston police arrested three people accused of damaging hundreds of telecom cables in a northeast side neighborhood. Police said the trio was hoping to steal copper wire, but mistakenly cut fiber optic cables. Investigators said the group started cutting ...

Authorities link recent internet outages to the rising price of copper, even though the lines being damaged are not made of that material. In Johnston County, someone stole nearly 100 feet of fiber optic cable from Rains Mill Road in the eastern part of ...

MECKLENBURG COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Nearly 1,000 residents lost phone and broadband service after someone “deliberately cut” a fiber optic cable in Mecklenburg County on Thursday. On Friday, July 25, the Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office shared a ...

Chinese researchers apply for patents for “submarine cable cutting devices.” Russian security experts boast on state TV that cable cutting in the Baltic Sea will “freeze” Finland this winter. Northern Europe, where 10 North Atlantic Treaty warships ...

Hundreds of delays and cancellations at DFW and Dallas Love Field airports were the result of cut fiber optic cable lines, according to a statement from American Airlines Chief Operating Officer David Seymour. In the statement shared to employees, Seymour ...

GCI customers in Unalaska still don’t have cell phone service or internet, after a section of the telecommunication company’s underwater fiber cable was damaged over the weekend.