Wednesday, July 31, 2013

GPS jamming: How to Stay Out of Sight

07/31/13

Satellite positioning-data are vital—but the signal is surprisingly easy to disrupt


EVERY day for up to ten minutes near the London Stock Exchange, someone blocks signals from the global positioning system (GPS) network of satellites. Navigation systems in cars stop working and timestamps on trades made in financial institutions can be affected. The incidents are not a cyber-attack by a foreign power, though. The most likely culprit, according to Charles Curry, whose firm Chronos Technology covertly monitors such events, is a delivery driver dodging his bosses’ attempts to track him.


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