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Balticconnector gas pipeline and a telecom cable damaged; government suspects external activity

Damage to critical energy infrastructure, later tied by investigators to a ship's anchor.

ID	E015
Type	K4 Sabotage of critical infrastructure, deliberate or suspected
Pillar	K · Kinetic and physical attacks
Event date	8 Oct 2023
Publicly known	10 Oct 2023, 12:00 EEST
Attribution	Deliberate, actor unknown
Target	Finland
Magnitude	Major
Starting value	35.8
Half-life	60 days
Signal on 24 Oct 2026	0.0

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Investigators later tied the damage to the anchor of NewNew Polar Bear