Taiwan catches Chinese-owned ship in act of cutting subsea cableI imagined specialized equipment used to do this, but apparently, all you have to do is drag an anchor.
After the ship failed to respond to seven consecutive radio messages asking it to leave, the coastguard dispatched a vessel and discovered that the freighter had lowered its anchor.
When the coastguard arrived, the freighter began to move. Shortly after, the coastguard received notice from Chunghwa Telecom, the state-owned operator, that a cable had been damaged.
If Russia takes Ukrainian territory, Taiwan's going to endure a lot more of this kind of thing.