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GPS cyberattack falsely placed UK warship near Russian naval base

By David Hambling

24 June 2021

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HMS Defender (front) and HNMLS Eversten (rear) moored in Odessa, Ukraine on 18 June

Konstantin Sazonchik/ITAR-TASS News Agency/Alamy

The recent naval dispute between Russia and the UK in the Black Sea may have involved a cyberattack as well as conventional weaponry, an analysis of vessel tracking data has found.

Yesterday, Russia claimed to have fired “” at the UK Royal Navy destroyer HMS Defender for being inside “Russian waters”, although the UK Ministry of Defence at the Defender or that the ship was in such waters. The event took place off the coast…

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