The British government released a report on the risks of relying on satellite navigation.

In the last ten years, the GPS feature of the phone used to be exclusive feature in expensive phone. Became the basic features of the phone are all required. The service is based on the users location. Was significantly increased in the period after the last Government Office of Science issued a report stating that the risks rising. The satellite navigation system is attacked by various methods.

These risks satellite navigation system may be simple attacks such as noise emissions. In the wider area Making Services Unable to get status But there are other risks. The hackers may attack to make the system work or not to work correctly. Like a shot from a satellite message again. Risks to natural conditions such as abnormal electromagnetic waves in space and can not receive satellite signals.



The report indicated that the basic services of the Government are currently rely on satellite navigation, more and more of these, such as the Government's emergency services system relies on satellites these positions get help. Emergency vehicle itself, relying on satellite navigation machines, even the financial industry rely on satellite systems in these full time synching the system accurately. The report of the London School of Economics indicated that the use of a satellite system not only for 5 days the total damage will be high as 5,200 million pounds.

The report offers guidelines to reduce the risk that the industry prepare for it. Since the space environment prediction, detection and interference, the use of sync through fiber lines instead of satellite, terrestrial radio navigation system.