Instances of GPS Spoofing Reported at Major Airports Across India, Says Govt in Rajya Sabha
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New Delhi: Several incidents of Global Positioning System (GPS)/ Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) spoofing and jamming, which involves manipulating a user's navigation system by giving false signals, have been reported at important airports in the country including Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Amritsar, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Chennai, the Ministry of Civil Aviation said on Monday (December 1).
"Some flights reported GPS spoofing in the vicinity of IGIA, New Delhi while using GPS based landing procedures, while approaching on RWY (runway) 10. Contingency procedures were used for GPS spoofed flights approaching to RWY 10,” said Civil Aviation Minister K. Rammohan Naidu in a written reply to questions raised by Yuvajana Shramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP) MP S. Niranjan Reddy in the Rajya Sabha, reported New Indian Express.
"There were no effects on movements of flights, on other runway ends having conventional navigational aids being operational," said Naidu..
The minister added that the Airports Authority of India (AAI) has asked the Wireless Monitoring Organisation (WMO) to identify the source of the spoofing.
"During the high-level meeting, WMO was directed to mobilise more resources to identify the source of spoofing based on approximate spoofing location details shared by DGCA and AAI," said Naidu in the.
"GNSS interference reports are being received from Kolkata, Amritsar, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Chennai airports," Naidu further added.
Earlier, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) had last month asked various stakeholders including airlines, pilots and air traffic controllers to report such GPS spoofing incidents within 10 minutes of the occurrences.
"To enhance cyber security against global threats, AAI is implementing advanced cyber security solutions for IT networks and infrastructure. These actions have been taken in accordance with the National Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Centre (NCIIPC) and Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) guidelines,” said the minister in his reply.
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