Vessels hit by GPS spoofing attack near the Port of Shanghai in China

Summary:

In June 2018, the whereabouts of nearly 300 vessels were faked. Fake signals caused ships to appear to be moving in ring patterns at short intervals. It shows ships jumping every few minutes to different locations on the circumference of large circles centred on a chemical manufacturing plant. While the disturbance affected ships all across Shanghai, the majority of those fooled were those traveling along the Huangpu River. Even the Huangpu Maritime Safety Administration (MSA), Shanghai's river police, has been vulnerable to spoofing assaults on a near-daily basis. Nobody knows who is responsible for this spoofing or what its ultimate goal is. These ships could be unsuspecting test subjects for a sophisticated electronic warfare system, or collateral damage in a struggle between environmental criminals and the Chinese government that has already cost the lives of dozens of ships.

Reference URL

https://www.technologyreview.com/2019/11/15/131940/ghost-ships-crop-circles-and-soft-gold-a-gps-mystery-in-shanghai/
https://insidegnss.com/sinister-spoofing-in-shanghai/
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https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/11/5015/pdf