Many systems use GPS, such as banking and financial networks, communication networks, power distribution systems, and so on. Will GPS be artificially attacked?
Jammer-MartDecember 2019
"People have built systems on it. Banks and financial networks, communication networks, distribution systems, and so on," said Todd Humphreys, an associate professor at the University of Texas at Austin. Humphrey said, Trusting GPS can cost money because GPS satellites are very vulnerable. "This is an important issue," Humphreys said. "These signals are so easily disrupted that when I and others see them as the Achilles' heel of our society, they and I think of them."
Easy devices called wifi jammers interfere with them, and they are illegal. A wifi jammer is a radio frequency transmitter that intentionally blocks, interferes with or disrupts communications, such as mobile phones, text messages, GPS systems, and Wi-Fi networks. "You can prevent GPS equipment from working in areas near you, so that the GPS receiver cannot function properly from 100 feet away," Humphreys said.
"People have built systems on it. Banks and financial networks, communication networks, distribution systems, and so on," said Todd Humphreys, an associate professor at the University of Texas at Austin. Humphrey said, Trusting GPS can cost money because GPS satellites are very vulnerable. "This is an important issue," Humphreys said. "These signals are so easily disrupted that when I and others see them as the Achilles' heel of our society, they and I think of them."
Easy devices called wifi jammers interfere with them, and they are illegal. A wifi jammer is a radio frequency transmitter that intentionally blocks, interferes with or disrupts communications, such as mobile phones, text messages, GPS systems, and Wi-Fi networks. "You can prevent GPS equipment from working in areas near you, so that the GPS receiver cannot function properly from 100 feet away," Humphreys said.