I'm not sure what hard evidence you might like. There are a small number of methods by which submarine cables become damaged - anchors are right up there. In this particular case, there aren't a lot of other possibilities.

There are only two cable repair ships. It will be a while before there can be forensic examination.

Dan

On Thu, Nov 21, 2024 at 10:29 AM Mark Tinka <mark@tinka.africa> wrote:

On 11/21/24 14:43, Emile Aben wrote:

On Tue, 19 Nov 2024 at 10:43, Hank Nussbacher <hank@efes.iucc.ac.il> wrote:

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/11/18/europe/undersea-cable-disrupted-germany-finland-intl/index.html

-Hank

We looked into how RIPE Atlas saw these cable cuts: https://labs.ripe.net/author/emileaben/does-the-internet-route-around-damage-baltic-sea-cable-cuts/ . I hope this audience finds that interesting.

The rumours floating around about this being sabotage, with no hard evidence supporting such claims, is pretty wild.

Mark.