From August 7th: Cyber threats prompt return of radio for ship navigation.

[femmedem]

"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 technology.

Ships use GPS (Global Positioning System) and other similar devices that rely on sending and receiving satellite signals, which many experts say are vulnerable to jamming by hackers..."


"...Last year, South Korea said hundreds of fishing vessels had returned early to port after their GPS signals were jammed by hackers from North Korea, which denied responsibility.

In June this year, a ship in the Black Sea reported to the U.S. Coast Guard Navigation Center that its GPS system had been disrupted and that over 20 ships in the same area had been similarly affected...

More: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-shipping-gps-cyber-idUSKBN1AN0HT

[Zoonart]

1. Uh oh!

[TheBlackAdder]

2. Well, GPS would still be used, just verified with other navigation means--just like aircraft IFR.

[femmedem]

5. yes, but what interested me is the concern about hacking, in light of tonight's collision. n/t

[rickford66]

9. INS uses gyros. Can't hack them.

[Kaleva]

3. The US Navy has brought back training on celestial navigation

"This is the challenge facing the U.S. Navy as it tries to bring back celestial navigation. The Navy stopped training its service members to navigate by the stars about a decade ago, focusing instead on electronic navigational systems. But fears about the security of the Global Positioning System and a desire to return to the basics of naval training are pushing the fleet back toward this ancient method of finding a course across open water."

http://www.npr.org/2016/02/22/467210492/u-s-navy-brings-back-navigation-by-the-stars-for-officers

[Warpy]

4. Given the second collision in a busy Asian shipping lane

I think we can assume two things: first, either the technology is being hijacked somehow or second, that no one is paying close enough attention to see a HUGE TANKER on the horizon and getting closer.

Radio/radar/LORAN will help. They might also need to install a crow's nest for a couple of sailors with old fashioned binoculars.

[femmedem]

6. Yes, maybe I'm wearing a tinfoil hat but that was why I posted this article. n/t

[Warpy]

8. I think it's just over reliance on one technology

and I'm not kidding about the crow's nest.

[AllaN01Bear]

7. get out that trusty ole spark gap trans mitter

remember the titanics radio?

[dalton99a]

10. Kick.