A Chinese ship is suspected of sabotaging undersea cables

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A Chinese commercialized vessel is suspected of deliberately dragging its anchor to chopped undersea cables that link countries implicit the internet, The Wall Street Journal reports.

International investigators reportedly judge the unit aboard Yi Peng 3, a bulk bearer afloat of Russian fertilizer, dragged its anchor for much than 100 miles crossed the Baltic seabed, damaging the cables that tally crossed it. Two antithetic net links — 1 betwixt Sweden’s Gotland Island and Lithuania, and different betwixt Finland and Germany — stopped moving earlier this month, prompting the probe by authorities from each 4 countries and different nations, according to the Journal.

Investigators are present trying to fig retired if Russian intelligence...

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