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Low-key warfare: When foreign powers snip your internet cables
Broken data cables in the Baltic Sea may feel distant, but they are a reminder of South-east Asia’s own vulnerabilities.
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The Chinese bulk carrier Yi Peng 3 anchored and under surveillance by a Danish naval patrol vessel near the town of Grenaa in Denmark on Nov 20.
PHOTO: EPA-EFE
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Over a 48-hour period from Nov 17 to 18, two undersea internet cables in the Baltic Sea were severed, sparking alarms and fuelling competing theories.
European officials allege sabotage and claim that the captain of the Chinese-registered bulk carrier Yi Peng 3 was induced by Russian intelligence to drag its anchor along the seabed. American officials, however, lean towards it being an accident.
