Jul 06, 2024 19:01:00

In the Middle East, 50,000 cases of GPS jamming suspected to be caused by the Israeli Air Force occurred in 2024 alone, damaging civilian aircraft.

GPS jamming attacks have been occurring in the skies above the Middle East,

causing damage such as misidentifying the automated flight systems of civilian aircraft. Analysis of the jamming signals has now revealed a strong possibility that the GPS jamming attacks were carried out by Israel.

Israeli Air Base Is Linked to GPS 'Spoofing' Attacks - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/03/world/europe/an-israeli-air-base-is-a-source-of-gps-spoofing-attacks-researchers-say.html

Positioning systems using GPS receive the 'precise time' and 'satellite positions' emitted by multiple artificial satellites in orbit to determine location information. Therefore, if 'fake radio waves imitating the information emitted by artificial satellites' are emitted, the GPS positioning system can be made to recognize the location information incorrectly.

An attack that misidentifies location information in a GPS positioning system is called 'GPS spoofing.' GPS spoofing has been frequently confirmed in the Middle East, and in 2023, a civilian aircraft flying near Iran misidentified its location information and nearly violated its airspace. It has also been reported that Israel has instructed pilots landing in the country to 'land using methods other than GPS.'

Civilian aircraft flying over the Middle East are subject to 'unimaginable GPS attacks' and are at risk of unintentional airspace violations - GIGAZINE

If you check the situation as of July 2024 using GPSJam , a web service that allows you to check GPS interference, you will find that GPS interference is occurring around Israel, Turkey, Iraq, and other places.

A research team from the University of Texas at Austin recently analyzed radio waves emitted for GPS spoofing and compared the results with data collected in Israel, revealing that Israeli air bases were conducting GPS spoofing around the Middle East.

Another analysis has revealed that there could be more than 50,000 cases of GPS spoofing in the Middle East by 2024 alone, and Swiss International Air Lines told the New York Times that 'our flights are subject to GPS jamming on a daily basis.'

Jeremy Bennington, vice president of Spirent Communications, which develops positioning systems, said, 'Just because GPS doesn't work doesn't mean planes are going to crash,' but added, 'There's no denying the fact that safety measures are being compromised.'