NATO Nation Hit By 'Unprecedented' GPS Attack

[1LoverofGod]

The disruptions in the signals used by pilots as well as motorists, follow previous GPS disturbances that have sparked speculation of Russian involvement, although there is no proof that Moscow was behind the latest incident.
The Finnish Transport and Communications Agency (Traficom) said that the GPS disturbances were detected in eastern and southeastern Finland on Sunday, according to Finnish news outlet YLE News.

The disruptions were spotted on the GPSjam website, with administrator John Wiseman describing them on X, formerly Twitter, as: "Unprecedented in terms of [number] of aircraft affected and size of the region affected. The Baltic sure has been exciting lately."

The Finnish Transport and Communications Agency (Traficom) said that the GPS disturbances were detected in eastern and southeastern Finland on Sunday, according to Finnish news outlet YLE News.

The disruptions were spotted on the GPSjam website, with administrator John Wiseman describing them on X, formerly Twitter, as: "Unprecedented in terms of [number] of aircraft affected and size of the region affected. The Baltic sure has been exciting lately."

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NATO nation hit by "unprecedented" GPS attack

One expert would not comment on whether Russia was involved although he did say such disruptions usually occur near conflict areas.

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[Tall Timbers]

Our military is pretty reliant on GPS... and people traveling... we don't have paper maps in our possession when traveling anymore... at least not many do.

 

[Andy C]

Our military is pretty reliant on GPS... and people traveling... we don't have paper maps in our possession when traveling anymore... at least not many do.

On our numerous coast to coast trips, I always carried a USA map. Even though I knew the routes, we had it just in case of wanting to venture off the beaten path - or in case GPS went out.

 

[Work4Peanuts]

Our military is pretty reliant on GPS... and people traveling... we don't have paper maps in our possession when traveling anymore... at least not many do.

How many people even understand how to use a paper map anymore?

 

[Tall Timbers]

How many people even understand how to use a paper map anymore?

Not many.

 

[Work4Peanuts]

This is actually lingering on my mind more than other news items. Knocking out GPS would cripple most, if not all of Western civilization. The militaries may have a backup that we don't know about, but this would be very bad on a wide-scale.

 

[Andy C]

How many people even understand how to use a paper map anymore?

The same amount of customer service people who know how to give back the proper change ,without having to rely on the machine to calculate.