The Russians are hacking the GPS system to send bogus navigation data to thousands of ships

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  1. hawki

    hawki Registered Member

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    "...The Russians have started hacking into the global navigation satellite system (GNSS) on a mass scale in order to confuse thousands of ships and airplanes about where they are, according to a study of false GNSS signals by C4AD.

    GNSS comprises the constellation of international satellites that orbit the earth. The US's Global Positioning System (GPS), China's Beidou, Russia's GLONASS, and Europe's Galileo program are all part of GNSS.

    Your phone, law enforcement, shipping, airlines, and power stations — anything dependent on GPS time and location synchronization — are all vulnerable to GNSS hacking. 'All critical national infrastructures rely on GNSS to some extent, with Communications, Emergency Services, Finance, and Transport identified as particularly intensive users,' according to a report commissioned by the UK Space Agency...."

    https://www.businessinsider.com/gns...tent=topbar&utm_term=desktop&referrer=twitter
     
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    If anyone wants to get down into the weeds on this,e.g., GNSS spoofing,GNSS Jamming,Denial-of-Service GNSS Spoofing, here's the link to the C4AD Study:

    https://static1.squarespace.com/static/566ef8b4d8af107232d5358a/t/5c99488beb39314c45e782da/1553549492554/Above+Us+Only+Stars.pdf
     
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