We are drifting into some dark waters, and now Putin has a fanboy in USA’s White House, what could go wrong.
Fourth incident of underwater cable sabotage reported in the Baltic Sea.
MV Vezhen Siezed by Swedish Coast Guard For Suspected Cable Break in the Baltic Sea
What’s Going on With Shipping?
Jan 26, 2025 #baltic #cablecutting #sweden
Sweden Seizes MV Vezhon January 26, 2025 In this episode, Sal Mercogliano—a maritime historian at Campbell University (@campbelledu) and former merchant mariner — discusses the seizure of the Malta-flagged bulk carrier MV Vezhon by the Swedish Coast Guard and its suspicion of damaging a cable between Sweden and Estonia on January 26, 2025. #baltic #cablecutting #sweden #russia #latvia #shipping
00:00 Past Cable Cuttings in the Baltic
01:53 US Convinced Baltic Cable Damage Was Accidental (…Fins aren’t buying it.)
04:28 How to Drop an Anchor
07:36 Reports by Swedish and Estonian Prime Minister on the Latest Incident
09:55 Information on MV Vezhen
11:08 Replay of Track Line from MV Vezhen
17:12 Did MV Vezhen Drag an Anchor and Damage the Cables?
As for the computer data stream? This is ominous.
Bottom Line Up Front
- The state-sponsored cyberattack on the U.S. Treasury Department by the People’s Republic of China (PRC) marks the latest escalation in Beijing’s use of hybrid tactics to undermine its strategic competitors.
- The targeted entities, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and the Office of the Treasury Secretary, both administered economic sanctions against Chinese companies in 2024 that engaged in cyberattacks or supplied Russia with weapons for Moscow’s war in Ukraine.
- Taiwan bears the brunt of the PRC’s escalating hybrid tactics, with government networks seeing nearly 2.4 million cyberattacks daily in 2024.
- State-sponsored cyberattacks by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) targeting U.S. infrastructure also seek to disrupt military supply lines and hinder an effective U.S. response in case of a potential conflict with the PRC, especially over Taiwan.
A state-sponsored cyberattack on the U.S. Treasury Department by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in early December marks the latest escalation in Beijing’s use of hybrid tactics to undermine its strategic competitors while also seeking to gather sensitive intelligence and prepare for future potential conflict. …
Burn baby burn. It’s like not a gosh darn thing was learned over the past 125 years.
This story always has the same ending.