Javad Amel, the CEO of Neshan GPS, says that what is being done from an unknown source is GPS spoofing, which causes problems with router applications and maps.
According to Iran digital economy annotation, various news and reports of users and drivers of internet taxis show that they have problems in their routing due to GPS disruption.
GPS spoofing occurs when a false signal is sent from satellites in an area where the exact address is not known. GPS spoofing actually occurs when a GPS receiver broadcasts fake signals that look real. This means that fraudsters pretend to be in one place when they are actually in another.
Spoofing or falsifying the location usually occurs for security reasons and near military locations, but now, according to Javad Amal, this method is used all over the city. Amel told “East Network” about the problems created for GPS: “One of the major problems faced by router users is the issue of location spoofing or GPS spoofing. In this way, for example, the user is at a point in the center of Tehran, but based on unreal signals, the GPS location shows his device on the runway of Mehrabad airport. “This is causing a lot of problems in all map-based services, but for routers, it’s a serious challenge and crisis.” He emphasizes that the source of this disturbance is still unknown and they are trying to investigate and discover the cause of the disturbance that occurred since yesterday afternoon.
In addition to the disruption in the country’s GPS service, the disruption in the country’s Internet has also caused protests by many users. Arvan Cloud’s radars show that the datacenters of Hamrahe Aval, Pars Online, Afra Net and Mobin Net have been severely disrupted since 5 am today.
This is not the first time that the country’s GPS system is disrupted, and the country’s Internet system is also disrupted. In the summer of 2019, disrupting the GPS network caused problems with the TD-LTE internet service of Mebin Net, Irancell and Zitel. At that time, the former deputy minister of communications and head of the Radio Communications Regulatory Organization announced that the disruptions in the GPS system were intentional.
At that time, Hossein Fallah Joshaghani emphasized that the intentional disruption of GPS was unprecedented and was regularly reported; However, despite the emphasis of the security authorities, including the Supreme National Security Council, on the illegality of these disturbances and the order to stop them, there is still the fact that the organization will reflect and follow up on this matter to the judicial authorities.
The follow-up from the Ministry of Communications regarding the recent cause of the disruption in the country’s GPS system has remained unanswered until the moment of publication of this news.
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