Event 102

{
  "attack_type": "Electronic Warfare",
  "border_violation_countries": [
    "Jamming",
    "(related",
    "to",
    "spoofing)"
  ],
  "category": "EW",
  "confidence": "Low",
  "confidence_rationale": "Evidence includes direct quantitative comparison (3,503 Russia sites Dec 2023 vs 316 Feb 2024) and qualitative claims by observer; both corroborated by a screenshot and clear timeline.",
  "continuous_summary": "Jamming (related to spoofing)",
  "country": "Russia",
  "defense_prep": {},
  "description": "A report claiming that 90% of Russia-hosted computers providing ADS-B (aircraft data) to services like FlightAware disappeared from December 2023 to early February 2024. A sharp increase of Russian receivers in early 2023 is suggested to be related to spoofing/bogus data injection. Evidence includes a referenced tweet showing a drop from 3,503 Russian sites in December 2023 to 316 in February 2024.",
  "event_time_utc": "2024-02-02T12:00:00Z",
  "evidence": [
    "Screenshot displays the post and its quoted statistics, including tables comparing numbers of Russian ADS-B receivers for specified dates.",
    "Direct statements referring to disappearance and likely spoofing connection."
  ],
  "evidence_quotes": [
    "90% of Russia-hosted computers feeding ADS-B (aircraftdata) to @flightaware (and maybe other services) disappeared from Dec 2023 to now.",
    "Earlier 2023 saw a sharp rise. This is likely spoofing related. There are some earlier examples where false receivers inserted bogus data.",
    "07/12/2023 Russia 3,503 sites 02/02/2024 Russia 316 sites"
  ],
  "extra": {
    "category_raw": "Gps Jamming",
    "extra": {
      "extra": {
        "extra": {
          "evidence": [
            "Screenshot displays the post and its quoted statistics, including tables comparing numbers of Russian ADS-B receivers for specified dates.",
            "Direct statements referring to disappearance and likely spoofing connection."
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "follow_up_by_country": [],
  "headline": "Sharp Drop in Russia-hosted ADS-B Receivers: Potential Spoofing Operation Disrupted",
  "is_continuous": true,
  "media_assets": [
    {
      "description": "Screenshot capture",
      "type": "screenshot",
      "url": "/media/event_102_1763916095_cf885d7e.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "notes": "GPS Jamming and AIS spoofing",
  "schema_version": "v1",
  "screenshot_count": 1,
  "sources": [
    "https://x.com/auonsson/status/1753420501777621030"
  ],
  "summary_short": "Most Russian computers feeding aircraft tracking data have disappeared, possibly disrupting previous spoofing/influence operations.",
  "url": "https://x.com/auonsson/status/1753420501777621030"
}

{
  "5th Column of Russians Inside (which countries)": "",
  "Attack Type": "GPS Jamming",
  "Borders Including Sea, Air,  Violation or Sabotage (which countries)": "Jamming (related to spoofing)",
  "Continuous? (e.g. Jammers)": "Jamming (related to spoofing)",
  "Country (FI;EE;LV;LT;PL;BSR;Air)\nSeparated by Semicolon": "BSR",
  "Date": "2-Feb-24",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "",
  "Follow-Up Link?  (FI,EE,LV,LT,PL, BSR, Air)": "",
  "Follow-Up NOTES": "",
  "Follow-Up incl. Investigation, Prosecution?  (FI,EE,LV,LT,PL, BSR, Air)": "",
  "Latitude, Longitude (WGS84, Decimal Degrees)": "",
  "NOTES": "GPS Jamming and AIS spoofing",
  "Political Disruptions w/ Laws to Favor Kremlin (which countries)": "",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "Jamming. (Our Air Space) 90% of Russia-hosted computers feeding ADS-B (aircraftdata) to @flightaware (and maybe other services) disappeared from Dec 2023 to now. Earlier 2023 saw a sharp rise. This is likely spoofing related. There are some earlier examples where false receivers inserted bogus data.",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": " https://x.com/auonsson/status/1753420501777621030 ",
  "Screen Snapshot": "",
  "Screen Snapshots": "",
  "Type Dropdown": "",
  "Where?\n(Air, Land, Sea)": ""
}