MCAD Maritime Cyber Attack Database
Year2020 |
MonthNovember |
Reference number20201102 |
Impact areaVessel |
Incident locationGdynia |
Incident countryPoland |
Victim countryUSA |
Victim identityUSS Roosevelt |
Victim TypeNavy, Vessel |
MethodAIS Spoofing |
Attacker countryRussia |
In November 2020, the AIS location of the USS Roosevelt naval vessel was spoofed. By fabricating the AIS locations of the USS Roosevelt, the threat actor Russia positions the navy vessel near the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad. 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.