Satnav Britain could be paralysed in an instant by cyber terrorists | Mail Online: "Britain is so dependent on the GPS navigation system that cyber terrorists could cripple banks, send ships floundering on to rocks and bring death to the roads at the click of a mouse, engineers warn.
Satellite navigation technology is now embedded in almost every aspect of our lives – from ambulances and air traffic control, to banking and the transport of food.
But the system, which relies on a network of satellites broadcasting radio signals to Earth, is worryingly vulnerable to man-made jammers, space weather and technical glitches.
It would take just a single terrorist armed with equipment costing a few hundred pounds to block the GPS signal over London and leave banks, emergency services, power plants and airports in chaos.
Professor Martyn Thomas, chairman of the Royal Academy of Engineering’s working group, said an accidental or deliberate system failure could ‘just conceivably cause loss of life’."
No comments :
Post a Comment