Since early July 2024, Finland has been experiencing widespread GPS denial across most of its population, effectively creating a GPS blackout.

Cyber & Information WarfareCyber AttacksAttacks on critical infrastructure (energy, transport, hospitals)

Aggressor

Summary

Beginning in early July 2024, Finland has been under a persistent GPS denial condition affecting the majority of its population, as evidenced by GPS signal interference maps and reports. This GPS denial, described as a 'blanket' over Finland, severely degrades GPS availability, posing risks to civilian and critical infrastructure reliant on satellite navigation. The interference predominantly affects areas where most Finns live, suggesting a targeted or strategically significant disruption. The issue has not received significant media coverage despite its potential impact. This GPS denial appears to be a hybrid warfare tactic aimed at undermining Finland's navigational and communication infrastructure. The event was highlighted by open-source intelligence analyst @auonsson via Twitter and includes visual evidence comparing GPS signal availability before and after the onset of denial.

Classification

Confidence: High

The event clearly reports hostile GPS signal denial targeting Finland’s population centers described explicitly as GPS denial, a hybrid warfare tactic. The source identifies the timing starting in early July 2024 and shows detailed geospatial evidence of the attack. No defensive or preparatory measures are reported in the content.

Source URL

https://x.com/i/web/status/1821272852768944374

Open source

Provenance

Publisher: csv-import
Submitted: Feb 14, 2026, 12:22 UTC
Last updated: Nov 8, 2026, 20:39 UTC
Event time: Jul 1, 2024, 00:00 UTC

Published as a hybrid-warfare signal with a public source and reviewer-approved assessment bands. See the methodology for how records are assessed.

Raw record

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  "status": "approved",
  "category": "Cyber & Information Warfare",
  "subcategory": "Cyber Attacks",
  "incident_type": "Attacks on critical infrastructure (energy, transport, hospitals)",
  "country": "Finland",
  "source_reliability": "C",
  "info_credibility": "3",
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  "summary_extended": "Beginning in early July 2024, Finland has been under a persistent GPS denial condition affecting the majority of its population, as evidenced by GPS signal interference maps and reports. This GPS denial, described as a 'blanket' over Finland, severely degrades GPS availability, posing risks to civilian and critical infrastructure reliant on satellite navigation. The interference predominantly affects areas where most Finns live, suggesting a targeted or strategically significant disruption. The issue has not received significant media coverage despite its potential impact. This GPS denial appears to be a hybrid warfare tactic aimed at undermining Finland's navigational and communication infrastructure. The event was highlighted by open-source intelligence analyst @auonsson via Twitter and includes visual evidence comparing GPS signal availability before and after the onset of denial.",
  "actor_primary": null,
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  "location_text": "Finland",
  "location_region": null,
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  "location_precision": "Regional",
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  "signal_type": "HYBRID_SIGNAL",
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  "event_time_utc": "2024-07-01T00:00:00.000Z",
  "end_time_utc": null,
  "event_time_confidence": "pm24h",
  "created_at": "2026-02-14T12:22:48.552Z",
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  "reliability_band": "strong",
  "location_precision_band": "regional",
  "time_precision_band": "within_24h",
  "severity_band": "moderate",
  "attribution_confidence_band": "low",
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Public assessmentReliability: StrongSeverity: ModerateAttribution: LowSingle sourceTime: Same dayLocation: Regional

Source reliability

Info credibility

Event time

Jul 1, 2024, 00:00 UTC

Event time confidence

pm24h

Location

Finland

Country

Finland

Tags

GPS jamming, Finland, Hybrid Warfare, Cyber Attack, Signal Denial, Satellite Navigation Disruption

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