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Last fall an internet cable to Svalbard was cut.

AIS recordings showed a Russian fishing vessel traveling many times over a vulnerable spot just before it happened.

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Now we have to worry about Russian phishing attacks and Russian fishing attacks

And in a worse scenario, Russian fission attacks.

There's a long history of Russian / Soviet "fishing expeditions" and spy trawlers.

<https://www.blindbatnews.com/2022/08/cold-war-revells-spy-tr...>

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And they are spoofing their AIS data frequently. Now they control if they are where the AIS send information about, and use satellites to help with the location task (because they don’t trust the AIS from Russian ships).

Could probably be the same with other countries ships

I don't know it seems plausible to me that it was just an accident. There is plenty of legitimate Russian activity in that area. I'm no fisherman so someone correct me if I am wrong, but I don't think it is that unusual for them to go back and forth. It's not surprising that it happened to a vulnerable spot, because if it wasn't vulnerable the cable wouldn't have broke and no one would be looking into it. Finally the Russians have submarines they could use to cut the cable without being detected. Who runs a covert op with AIS on?

Why do you need a throwaway account to post that?

I make these accounts every so often, use them for a while, and then make a new one. It is just for general privacy reasons.

The account name would be green if they made the account recently just to post this.

Just ask plainly:

Are you or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party of the United States?

You have hit a tough crowd.

No but I did go to a meeting once. They had doughnuts.

I once went to a talk at Berkeley's Revolution Books.

Fortunately, I doubt if they could topple a suburban HOA.

Edit: Revolution Books, not Revolution Cafe.

Are you kidding? American communists are more fractious than Quakers - they couldn't topple a game of Jenga if you pulled half the blocks out first.

True. That was a bad example. Some HOAs are tough.

So's Bob Avakian, I hear. But he's only got three fans.

That was clearly an FBI honeypot. Real communist meetings only serve Engels Food Cake.

Depending who you ask Engels was the first Revisionist!

A lot of VN internet infra is yandex (Russia), so I don’t see them intentionally doing so. Especially since Russia has their attention elsewhere. There is a different player that would benefit however

> There is a different player that would benefit however

Who?

The same "player" who benefited from blowing pipelines and arms selling.

And by arms selling you mean giving away arms, right?

The whole way down this could apply to the US or Russia and probably a few others.

> traveling many times over a vulnerable spot

I am reminded of this classic Ali G skit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdOQYlYS2q0

Well it seems many are hell bent on war so it would hardly be surprising that more infrastructure is deliberately sabotaged.

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