Sabotage of an Electricity Cable Between Finland and Estonia

Although we are mostly using wireless connections today, we are still highly reliant on physical environments in order to communicate with each other.

What I am trying to point out is that most of our heavy internet traffic travels over fiber cables buried under the ground and under the seas or oceans. It is not only about the IP network, it is about the availability of electricity. If there is no electricity, then there is also no internet. (Layer 1 availability is much more important than most people are aware of.)

An electricity cable between Finland and Estonia was sabotaged last week (25 Dec 2024), causing the operator of Finland's national grid (Estlink 2) to remain out of service. (The alleged perpetrators are members of the shadow fleet of Russia.)

The damaged cable had a transmission capacity of 650 megawatts and is 170km long (105 miles). Repairs are expected to take "several months." (Yes, critical infrastructure security is a major concern.)

Finnish police are investigating whether a Russian ship was involved in the sabotage.

https://bbc.in/4fHcFSh

"The authorities said on Thursday that they believe the anchor of the Eagle S, a tanker registered with the Cook Islands, may have damaged the Estlink 2 cable, which became disconnected on Wednesday (25 Dec 2024).

The vessel is thought to be part of Russia's 'shadow fleet', which is made up of ships that carry embargoed Russian oil products.

It is the latest in a series of incidents in recent years, in which underwater cables in the Baltic region have been either damaged or severed completely."

"The EU has threatened to impose further sanctions against Russia as a result of the incident and said it was 'strengthening efforts to protect undersea cables'.

'We strongly condemn any deliberate destruction of Europe's critical infrastructure,' the European Commission and the EU's foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, said in a joint statement."

"A telecommunications cable running between Finland and Germany was severed in November (2024), and an internet link between Lithuania and Sweden's Gotland Island stopped working at around the same time."

ABD-Rusya Arası Siber Naneler

"Kopya çekmek serbest ama yakalanmamak şartıyla."

 

ABD'nin Rus avı sürüyor. ABD'de yaşamaya başlayıp, daha sonra da ABD vatandaşı olmuş olan "Russian-born", Alexander Tverdokhlebov isimli bir eleman, "wire fraud" suçundan dolayı 110 ay ceza aldı geçtiğimiz hafta. Kopya çekerken yakalandı yani. (Bu, medyaya düşen. Medyaya düşmeyen birçok olay olduğunu tahmin ediyorum.)

 

https://www.justice.gov/usao-edva/pr/russian-born-cybercriminal-sentenced-over-nine-years-prison

http://www.darkreading.com/cloud/cybercriminal-with-ties-to-exclusive-russian-hacking-forums-sentenced-to-prison/d/d-id/1329313?

 

Hollywood'a ilham veren, klasik ABD taktiği devreye giriyor burada. Rus elemana hemen bir itiraf anlaşması (plea agrrement) imzalatmışlar. Rus elemandan biraz daha ek bilgi ve PARA tırtıklamışlar yani. "Hacı 25 yıl mı yatmak istersin yoksa 10 yıl yatıp çıkmak mı? İkincisiyse ötmeye başla!" tarzı bir anlaşma oluyor bunlar sanırım filmlerden gördüğümüz kadarıyla.

 

Rus elemanın, sağa sola vermiş olduğu toplam zarar 9 ila 25 milyon dolar civarındaymış. (YUH BEA! Paraya gel!) Bitkoyin, mitkoyin falan abiden anca 5 küsür milyon dolar tırtıklayabilmiş Sam emmimiz.

 

Vaktiyle herifçioğlu 500,000 bilgisayarlık bir botnet ağına sahip olduğunu söyleyip, sağa-sola havasını atıyormuş. Gerçi mevzu, herifçioğlunun "övüneceği" kadar var. "500,000 infected computers" iyi bir rakam tek bir kişi için.

Rusya'nın ABD seçimlerine müdahale etmiş olduğuna dair ortaya atılan iddiaların etkilerinin devam ettiğini görüyoruz. Her ne kadar Trump yönetimi, mevzuyu sulandırmak istese ve mevzunun üzerini örtmeye gayret etse de ABD devlet refleksi bu konuyu hemen bırakma niyetinde değil gibi anlaşılıyor. Tüm bunların sebebinin bu olduğunu düşünüyorum. Daha eğlenceli haberler duyabiliriz bundan sonra konuyla ilgili olarak.

Yazıdan notlar:

"Federal authorities seized approximately $5 million in Bitcoin and $272,000 in cash from him. According to the plea agreement, victims' estimate losses totaled between $9.5 million to $25 million."

 

"Tverdokhlebov boasted he possessed 40,000 stolen credit card numbers and controlled as many as 500,000 infected computers for his botnets."

 

"At various times between 2009 and 2013, Tverdokhlebov claimed on the cybercrime forums that, among other things, he possessed 40,000 stolen credit card numbers and could control up to 500,000 infected computers."

Grizzly Steppe IP Addresses

Below you can find the IP addresses which were allegedly a part of the Grizzly Steppe:

https://www.google.com/maps/d/embed?mid=1pTg2yQ7JJWgMGVFeQEvCS2sBjIE&hl=en%22&ll=39.77695796990109%2C30.520955418777476&z=18