GPS Hackers Put Shipping In A Jam
Feb
23
2012
After the Tricolor sank following a collision two other vessels rammed the
wreck. A foretaste of what GPS jamming might cause?
When, rather than if, the English Channel sees a major maritime catastrophe due
to jamming of GPS signals it will not be for lack of warnings (See more below).
The latest came during a conference at the UK's National Physical Laboratory on
22 February.
MAC has previously reported on the threat to ships created by GPS jamming
equipment now easily available on the internet. That threat is now a clear and
present danger according to Bob Cockshott, Director of Position, Navigation and
Timing at the ICT Knowledge Transfer Network, and organiser of the conference.
Warns Cockshott: "With the reliance on GPS systems in the maritime environment,
highlighted by the General Lighthouse Authority, our vulnerability on land and
at sea should not be underestimated. As well as immediate concerns, this
conference has laid out the next generation of threats, in the form of spoofing
and time sabotage deliberately misleading users for criminal purposes rather
than simply denying service. We must ensure that alongside dealing with the
threat posed by jamming, we also stay ahead of advances in the criminal world."
Global position satellites generate very weak signals which are easily swamped
by cheap jamming equipment. The equipment is legal to own but illegal to use.
Research by the Sentinel project showed a disturbingly wide use of such jamming
equipment, including exploitation by criminals.
Although the Sentinel findings related to road vehicles its findings also
demonstrate the danger to shipping. In 2010, researchers produced low level
jamming and reviewed its effects on the onboard systems in ships on the English
Channel. The results ranged from ships veering off course to the failure of
vital communications systems.
A further threa to GPS integrity are solar flares, expected to increase during
2012.
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