On January 5, 2026, the Baltic countries went on alert after experiencing a series of suspicious outages affecting undersea communication cables connecting the region. The outages have raised security concerns about possible sabotage or hostile interference targeting critical infrastructure. Authorities and regional governments are investigating the incidents, stressing the strategic vulnerability of undersea cables as vital communication and data transmission routes. The situation has escalated fears of hybrid or asymmetric warfare tactics that could destabilize the digital and economic environment in the Baltic region.
Category: Energy & Infrastructure Attacks
Subcategory: Critical Infrastructure Sabotage
Incident Type: Undersea cables
Country: Estonia
Source report: www.ft.com/content/3…
