A monitoring group in the UK has detected dozens of GPS jamming incidents as well as the first case of GPS spoofing technology being used to fool computer navigation systems. They warn of looming chaos in transportation systems and financial networks and predict a major incident involving ships in the English Channel over the next […]
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GPS open to attack, say researchers
The global positioning system (GPS) has become ubiquitous in electronic devices and is critical for the smooth operation of the developed world’s infrastructure, but despite government assurances to the contrary, researchers at Cornell University say that the system can be spoofed (tricked) to produce erroneous readings. The GPS is a network of more than 30 […]