Event 618

{
  "border_violation_countries": [
    "BSR",
    "Air"
  ],
  "category": "EW",
  "confidence": "Low",
  "confidence_rationale": "The claim is corroborated by direct quotes from the thread and attribution to Finnish authorities (border guard). The geographic location is well established, and the falsification of AIS data is a recognized maritime hybrid tactic.",
  "countries": [
    "Finland",
    "Russia"
  ],
  "country": "Finland",
  "defense_prep": {},
  "description": "Russia-aligned tankers in the Gulf of Finland have begun falsifying their AIS (Automatic Identification System) data. Finnish border guard has observed false positions, false identifications, and the total lack of AIS usage with these ships. The thread suggests this activity increases already present maritime risks and notes the practice may occur in Danish waters as well.",
  "event_time_utc": "2024-10-23T12:00:00Z",
  "evidence": [
    "Russia-aligned tankers have started falsifying AIS data in the Gulf of Finland (source: thread headline, Finnish border guard observation).",
    "Finnish border guard has detected false positions, identifications, and total lack of AIS from these tankers, demonstrating deliberate obfuscation."
  ],
  "evidence_quotes": [
    "Last weeks Russia-aligned tankers in Gulf of Finland have started fudging their AIS-data.",
    "Finnish border guard has observed false positions, false identifications and total lack of AIS with these ships."
  ],
  "evidence_urls": [
    "https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1849147156088672733.html",
    "https://raja.fi/-/ais-poikkeam"
  ],
  "extra": {
    "category_raw": "Ais-Spoofing",
    "extra": {
      "extra": {
        "extra": {
          "evidence": [
            "Russia-aligned tankers have started falsifying AIS data in the Gulf of Finland (source: thread headline, Finnish border guard observation).",
            "Finnish border guard has detected false positions, identifications, and total lack of AIS from these tankers, demonstrating deliberate obfuscation."
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "follow_up_by_country": [],
  "headline": "Russia-aligned tankers in Gulf of Finland start falsifying AIS data",
  "location_text": "Gulf of Finland",
  "media_assets": [
    {
      "description": "Screenshot capture",
      "type": "screenshot",
      "url": "/media/event_618_1763932910_8940c093.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "notes": "Last weeks Russia-aligned tankers in ?? Gulf of Finland have started fudging their AIS-data.",
  "schema_version": "v1",
  "screenshot_count": 1,
  "sources": [
    "https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1849147156088672733.html"
  ],
  "summary_short": "Russia-aligned tankers in the Gulf of Finland have been observed falsifying or disabling AIS data, increasing maritime safety risks. Finnish border guard confirms detection.",
  "url": "https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1849147156088672733.html"
}

{
  "5th Column of Russians Inside (which countries)": "",
  "Attack Type": "AIS-Spoofing",
  "Borders Including Sea, Air,  Violation or Sabotage (which countries)": "BSR Air",
  "Continuous? (e.g. Jammers)": "",
  "Country (FI;EE;LV;LT;PL;BSR;Air)\nSeparated by Semicolon": "BSR",
  "Date": "23-Oct-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": "Last weeks Russia-aligned tankers in ?? Gulf of Finland have started fudging their AIS-data.  ",
  "Political Disruptions w/ Laws to Favor Kremlin (which countries)": "",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "Last weeks ??Russia-aligned tankers in ?? Gulf of Finland have started fudging their AIS-data.  This makes an already dangerous practice even more so. Finnish border guard has observed false positions, false identifications and total lack of AIS with these ships.",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1849147156088672733.html",
  "Screen Snapshot": "",
  "Screen Snapshots": "",
  "Type Dropdown": "",
  "Where?\n(Air, Land, Sea)": ""
}