Event 211

{
  "attack_type": "Electronic Warfare",
  "border_violation_countries": [
    "FI",
    "BSR",
    "Air"
  ],
  "category": "EW",
  "confidence": "Low",
  "confidence_rationale": "Direct agency reports, clear geographic and temporal data, and authoritative quotes increase confidence.",
  "continuous_summary": "GPS Jamming",
  "countries": [
    "Finland",
    "Baltic Sea Region",
    "Unknown"
  ],
  "country": "Finland",
  "defense_prep": {},
  "description": "Finland's Transport and Communications Agency (Traficom) has reported a significant rise in GPS interference incidents along Finland's eastern border and the Gulf of Finland, with 600 incidents recorded last year and 200 already in 2024.",
  "event_time_utc": "2024-03-19T12:00:00Z",
  "evidence": [
    "Map from GPSJam.net shows interfered areas clustered along Finland's eastern border and the Gulf of Finland.",
    "Agency statements confirm the rise in incident numbers and affected regions."
  ],
  "evidence_quotes": [
    "The Transport and Communications Agency (Traficom) recorded 600 incidents of GPS interference last year, and 200 so far this year, but cannot say for certain if all the cases are intentional or not.",
    "\"Interference, in the Gulf of Finland in particular, has increased early in 2024,\" said agency official Jari Pöntinen.",
    "\"Indicators of interference might be intermittent local loss of signal, difficulty locating one's position, incorrect flight information or the need to return to manual navigation.\"",
    "The data is provided by GPSJam website, which generates maps of likely GPS interference based on civilian reports of their navigation systems' errors."
  ],
  "evidence_urls": [
    "https://yle.fi/a/74-20079715"
  ],
  "extra": {
    "category_raw": "Gps Jamming",
    "extra": {
      "extra": {
        "extra": {
          "evidence": [
            "Map from GPSJam.net shows interfered areas clustered along Finland's eastern border and the Gulf of Finland.",
            "Agency statements confirm the rise in incident numbers and affected regions."
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "follow_up_by_country": [],
  "headline": "Traficom: Increased GPS interference along eastern border, Gulf of Finland",
  "is_continuous": true,
  "location_text": "Eastern border, Gulf of Finland",
  "media_assets": [
    {
      "description": "Screenshot capture",
      "type": "screenshot",
      "url": "/media/event_211_1763919758_0ce08a58.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "notes": "GPS Jamming",
  "schema_version": "v1",
  "screenshot_count": 1,
  "sources": [
    "https://yle.fi/a/74-20079715"
  ],
  "summary_short": "Traficom has observed a rise in GPS interference along Finland's eastern border and the Gulf of Finland.",
  "url": "https://yle.fi/a/74-20079715"
}

{
  "5th Column of Russians Inside (which countries)": "",
  "Attack Type": "GPS Jamming",
  "Borders Including Sea, Air,  Violation or Sabotage (which countries)": "FI BSR Air",
  "Continuous? (e.g. Jammers)": "GPS Jamming",
  "Country (FI;EE;LV;LT;PL;BSR;Air)\nSeparated by Semicolon": "FI;BSR;Air",
  "Date": "19-Mar-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",
  "Political Disruptions w/ Laws to Favor Kremlin (which countries)": "",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": " ??Traficom: Increased GPS interference along eastern border, Gulf of ??Finland \"600 incidents of GPS interference last year, and 200 so far this year, but cannot say for certain if all the cases are intentional or not.\"",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "https://yle.fi/a/74-20079715",
  "Screen Snapshot": "",
  "Screen Snapshots": "",
  "Type Dropdown": "",
  "Where?\n(Air, Land, Sea)": ""
}