Israel and Russia GPS disruption spoofing attacks occur frequently
GPS jamming spoofing attacks between Israel and Russia have begun to become more frequent in the Middle East.
Researchers at the University of Texas have revealed that an Israeli air force base launched a GPS attack that disrupted civil aviation operations in the Middle East.
The New York Times reported that University of Texas researchers Todd Humphreys and Zach Clements said they were "very confident that the spoofing attack originated from the Ein Shimer airfield in northern Israel," and that the Israeli military declined to comment. It was reported on the 3rd.
The Global Positioning System (GPS) is currently being attacked with misinformation on more than 60,000 aircraft a day, and researchers at the University of Texas say: “Spoofing attacks send misleading data that fools GPS receivers into thinking they are somewhere else, thereby disabling pilots. “You may think you are on course or at a safe altitude,” he said.
This attack, known as spoofing, sends manipulated GPS signals to trick airplane instruments into misreading their location, making the Middle East a hotspot for current spoofing.
Researchers at the University of Texas said that one of the main sources of spoofing was the Israeli Air Force base, which was used to interfere with Hamas' rocket attacks, but has now turned into a crisis incident where a civil aircraft bound for Israel was misguided and entered Iranian-controlled airspace.
University of Texas researchers did not say how many spoofing attacks were linked to military bases, but the NYT reported that a separate analysis estimated that more than 50,000 flights in the Middle East were spoofed this year.
Analysis of OpenSky Network data by researchers from SkAI Data Services and the Zurich University of Applied Sciences showed that the attack made pilots think they were over airports in Beirut or Cairo. He said.
Swiss International Air Lines has revealed that its flights are being spoofed over the Middle East almost every day, the NYT reported.
The NYT reports that Estonia and other Baltic states have accused Russia of jamming signals in their airspace, and in April Finnair temporarily suspended flights to Estonian airports after canceling two flights due to severe GPS jamming. announced that it had stopped
Spoofing GPS jams can cause navigation confusion and false warnings that the plane is too close to the ground.
Spoofing attacks do not make flights dangerous because pilots can use navigation methods other than GPS.
“Losing GPS doesn’t make the plane fall out of the sky,” said Jeremy Bennington, vice president of Spirent Communications. “But I don’t want to deny that we are removing a layer of safety.” It was told to NYT.
US-led GPS satellites are increasingly outdated and outdated, falling behind in the new space race. The NYT determined that the spoofing incident was triggered because GPS satellites are getting older, reaching a lifespan of 8 to 15 years, and it takes a long time to replace them.
Europe's Galileo is checking for errors in response to GPS disturbances in the United States, and China's Beidou has expanded more satellites and equipped data backup facilities.
China has built 12,000 miles of fiber-optic cables that can provide time and navigation without satellites, especially through the construction of “timing stations” for broadcast signals that cover the entire country.