Risk of undersea cable attacks backed by Russia and China likely to rise, report warns

Risk of undersea cable attacks backed by Russia and China likely to rise, report warns Spate of incidents in Baltic Sea and around Taiwan are harbinger for further disruptive activity, cybersecurity firm says The risk of Russia- and China-backedattacks on undersea cables carrying international internet trafficis likely to rise amid a spate of incidents in the Baltic Sea and around Taiwan, according to a report. Submarine cables account for 99% of the world’s intercontinental data traffic and have been affected by incidents with suspected state support over the past 18 months. Analysis by Recorded Future, a US cybersecurity company, singled out nine incidents in the Baltic Sea and off the coast ofTaiwanin 2024 and 2025 as a harbinger for further disruptive activity. The report said that while genuine accidents remained likely to cause most undersea cable disruption, the Baltic and Taiwanese incidents pointed to increased malicious activity fromRussiaand China. “Campaigns attributed to R...