The world’s GPS system is vulnerable to hackers or terrorists who could use it to hijack ships -- even commercial airliners, according to a frightening new study that exposes a huge potential hole in ...

Multiple strange GPS signals were detected near the Northern part of San Francisco, United States. These signals found nine ships getting near the shore. However, when the marine watchdog looked out, ...

The marine insurance world is facing a new and serious concern — the growing threat of GPS spoofing. This is a trick where false signals are sent to a ship’s GPS system, causing it to believe it’s in ...

A 213-foot luxury yacht veered off course while cruising in the Mediterranean Sea this summer after a radio navigation research team led by global positioning systems expert Todd Humphreys of the ...

Almost 90 percent of the world’s trade is transported by sea and GPS and other Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) that rely on satellites sending and receiving signals have become the mainstay ...

An accident involving a Liberian-registered ship and the USS John S. McCain has resulted in speculation that the Global Positioning System guiding the guided-missile destroyer may have been spoofed.

SAN FRANCISCO — Researchers have discovered a disturbing pattern: dozens of ships whose GPS signals tell them they’re on land — at an airport no less — even when they’re far out to sea. An ...

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain is deploying a back-up ship navigation system in the English Channel, one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes, to tackle the growing risks of disruptions of vessel ...

LONDON (Reuters) – The risk of cyber attacks targeting ships’ satellite navigation is pushing nations to delve back through history and develop back-up systems with roots in World War Two radio ...

Phantom ships that appear to be sailing in circles off the coast of San Francisco have been discovered by an analyst examining vessel tracking data. Bjorn Bergman, from SkyTruth and Global Fishing ...

The world's GPS system is vulnerable to hackers or terrorists who could use it to hijack ships -- even commercial airliners, according to a frightening new study that exposes a huge potential hole in ...