In November 2024, two separate fiber-optic communication cables in the Baltic Sea suffered significant damage leading to temporary service disruption. The first failure occurred on November 18 on the 1,200 km C-Lion1 cable between Helsinki, Finland and Rostock, Germany. Another cable between the Swedish island Gotland and Lithuania was damaged one day prior. Both cables have since been repaired and restored fully. German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius publicly suggested these incidents might be acts of sabotage. Swedish police and other international authorities are investigating the damage as potentially deliberate. The Chinese cargo ship Yi Peng 3 has been identified as having been near the sites of the disruptions, prompting suspicions and multinational scrutiny. China has offered cooperation in the ongoing investigations and maintains communication with Swedish authorities. Despite the incidents, internet connectivity remained largely unaffected due to alternative routing capacities.

In November 2024, two separate fiber-optic communication cables in the Baltic Sea suffered significant damage leading to temporary service disruption. The first failure occurred on November 18 on the 1,200 km C-Lion1 cable between Helsinki, Finland and Rostock, Germany. Another cable between the Swedish island Gotland and Lithuania was damaged one day prior. Both cables have since been repaired and restored fully. German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius publicly suggested these incidents might be acts of sabotage. Swedish police and other international authorities are investigating the damage as potentially deliberate. The Chinese cargo ship Yi Peng 3 has been identified as having been near the sites of the disruptions, prompting suspicions and multinational scrutiny. China has offered cooperation in the ongoing investigations and maintains communication with Swedish authorities. Despite the incidents, internet connectivity remained largely unaffected due to alternative routing capacities.