How GPS interference threatens global transportation

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A Delhi-Jammu flight was forced to turn back last week. Two tankers collided at the entrance of the Strait of Hormuz earlier this month. A container ship ran aground near the port of Jeddah in May. All three mishaps had a common cause: GPS interference which, in recent years, has emerged as one of the biggest challenges for seafaring vessels and aircraft. What is GPS interference? GPS interference refers to spoofing or jamming, two types of deliberate cyber-attacks on Global Positioning System (GPS) signals, which disrupt or deceive vehicles’ navigation systems. While both are often used synonymously with each other,...