US warns cargo ships of Iranian GPS spoofing threat

© Robert Hale

It’s like the plot of Tomorrow Never Dies: ship GPS systems are being hacked. However, the US Department of Transportation’s maritime administration is warning the hacker is are not a rogue newspaper baron, but Iran, as the stand-off between the Middle Eastern nation and the US and its allies intensifies. Splash 24/7 reports merchant vessels are being warned of “spoofed bridge-to-bridge communications for unknown entities falsely claiming to be US or coalition warships”. And like the James Bond movie, it ...