MCAD Maritime Cyber Attack Database
Year2016 |
Month |
Reference number20160001 |
Impact areaVessel |
Incident locationHaeju, Yonan, Pyongyang, Kumgang, Kaesong |
Incident countrySouth Korea |
Victim countrySouth Korea |
Victim identityNearly 700 fishing vessels |
Victim TypeVessel |
MethodGPS Jamming |
Attacker countryNorth Korea |
In March 2016, vessels got hit by a GPS jamming attack in the demilitarized zone that separates North and South Korea. The electronic jamming signals have come from five North Korean regions (Haeju, Yonan, Pyongyang, Kumgang and Kaesong). The jamming campaign being carried out by the regime of Kim Jong-un to cause provocation. Nearly 700 fishing vessels have been affected by the jamming. The jamming has also affected cell phone base stations. This is the fourth round of GPS jamming by North Korea since 2010. On April 1 South Korea warned North Korea to stop and vowed to take action if it continued amid heightened tension over the North’s nuclear and rocket tests.
