[HIGH SEAS HIDE AND SEEK] How Fake GPS Coordinates Are Leading to Lawlessness On The High Seas

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[NYTIMES] How Fake GPS Coordinates Are Leading to Lawlessness On The High Seas. Tampering with satellite location trackers carried by large ships is illegal under international law, and until recently, most fleets are believed to have largely followed the rules. But over the past year, Windward, a large maritime data company that provides research to the United Nations, has uncovered more than 500 cases of ships manipulating their satellite navigation systems to hide their locations. The vessels carry out the deception by adopting a technology that until recently was confined to the world’s most advanced navies. The technology, in essence, replicates the effect of a VPN cellphone app, making a ship appear to be in one place, while physically being elsewhere.

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[SPOKESMAN.COM] Under a United Nations maritime resolution signed by nearly 200 nations in 2015, all large ships must carry and operate satellite transponders, known as automatic identification systems, or AIS, which transmit a ship’s identification and navigational positional data. The resolution’s signatories, which include practically all seafaring nations, are obligated under the U.N. rules to enforce these guidelines within their jurisdictions.

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