Event 9fb73e09-2896-465d-baa0-aa1d1bf39305

Approved event from Hybrid War Tracker

Status: Approved Confidence: Low Category: EW Country: Russia Attack Type: Electronic Warfare

Source: https://x.com/auonsson/status/1753420501777621030

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Event Time

1y ago

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Created

1mo ago

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Updated

1mo ago

Summary

Headline: Sharp Drop in Russia-hosted ADS-B Receivers: Potential Spoofing Operation Disrupted

Short Summary: Most Russian computers feeding aircraft tracking data have disappeared, possibly disrupting previous spoofing/influence operations.

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.

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

Source

https://x.com/auonsson/status/1753420501777621030