An emerging consensus among U.S. and European security services holds that accidents were the cause of damage to Baltic seabed energy and communications lines.

In recent months, mysterious damage to critical undersea cables in the Baltic Sea has worried European officials. These cables carry electricity, internet, and energy, connecting millions of people across Europe.

Amid a series of incidents that have damaged critical cables in the Baltic Sea, intelligence services in the U.S. and Europe are increasingly convinced that accidents led to the incidents, according to a new report by the Washington Post on Jan.