India’s Civil Aviation Minister has revealed that local authorities have detected GPS spoofing and jamming at eight major airports.

In an written answer presented to India’s parliament, Minister Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu said his department is aware of “recent” spoofing incidents in Delhi and other incidents since 2023.

His response confirmed recent incidents at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport, plus “regular” reports of spoofing since 2023 at Kolkata, Amritsar, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Chennai airports.

As The Register has previously reported , attackers who wish to jam GPS broadcast a radio signal that can drown out the weak beams that come down from navigation satellites. Spoofing a signal sees attackers transmit inaccurate location information so receivers can’t c

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