U.S. survey vessel USNS Bruce C. Heezen hit by AIS spoofing attack in the North Sea and Baltic Sea

Summary:

In September 2020, the AIS location of the U.S. survey vessel USNS Bruce C. Heezen was spoofed. By fabricating the AIS locations of the U.S. survey vessel USNS Bruce C. Heezen, the threat actor Russia positions the navy vessel near the Russian controlled waters. While in reality the vessel is nowhere near the fabricated position and is actually somewhere else. The reason Russia does this, is provocation. This substantiates Russian aggressive behaviour in response to what appears to be a naval raid. In other words, these ghost readings could be about painting Russia as the victim of international prodding. There have been nearly a hundred of these incidents with NATO naval vessels.

Reference URL

https://skytruth.org/2021/07/systematic-data-analysis-reveals-false-vessel-tracks/
https://globalfishingwatch.org/data/analysis-reveals-false-vessel-tracks/