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 A recent surge in GPS “spoofing”, a form of digital attack which can send commercial airliners off course, has entered an intriguing new dimension, according to cybersecurity researchers: The ability to hack time.
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There has been a 400% surge in GPS spoofing, opens new tab incidents affecting commercial airliners in recent months, according to aviation advisory body OPSGROUP.

Many of those incidents involve illicit ground-based GPS systems, particularly around conflict zones, that broadcast incorrect positions to the surrounding airspace in a bid to confuse incoming drones or missiles.