Vessel hit by spoofing attack in the Black Sea near Putin's visit at Turk Stream launch

Summary:

In June 2017, at least 20 ships in the Black Sea near Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port claimed that their Automatic Identification System incorrectly displayed their position as Gelendzhik Airport, about 32 kilometres inland. The large number of ships involved, as well as the fact that all the ships' tracking systems placed them in the same illogical location, prompted informed speculation, that the incident was caused by Russian testing of satellite navigation spoofing technology as part of its electronic warfare arsenal. It is reported that the incidents happened in order to protect Putin and to obfuscate his movements. It was also to protect secretive Russian areas.

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