Spoofing ships, jamming drones: how GPS manipulation confuses and compromises.
6/7/202627 min
GPS constellations have become foundational in modern society supporting everything from navigation to financial services, making the impacts of GPS disruptions all the more concerning.
As reliance on these systems have grown, so too have efforts by threat actors to disrupt them through techniques such as jamming and spoofing. As these attacks have become more effective, they are becoming increasingly common, especially in conflict zones where disruption and confusion can prove exceedingly valuable.
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Maria Varmazis· Host0:49
[upbeat music] [gentle music] Yeah, I remember when I was researching... When I first started this job a few years ago, I remember I pitched to my boss at the time, Brandon Karp, and I said, "You know, Brandon, I really wanna research GPS spoofing. I'm fascinated about this." And [chuckles] so in my naivete, I started calling a bunch of, um, companies that sell to the US government anti-GPS spoofing technology, and I was like, "Can you tell me how this works?"
Ethan Cook· Guest1:20
[laughs] You're like, uh- "Are you sure you have it listed somewhere at all?" ... "Excuse me, who are you?"
Maria Varmazis· Host1:24
[laughs] Like-