“There were some examples when large ships refused to enter the Klaipėda port” over safety reasons after the GPS signal was hacked, he said. Meanwhile, pilots have been under “big stress” that prompted Lithuanian authorities to offer more training to land under such circumstances.
“Even farmers who are working in this area are complaining about the problem and economic losses” after signal interference disrupted connected tools like draining systems.
More than 1,000 Lithuanian aircraft and 33 ships experienced navigation signal disruptions in August alone, according to the country’s communications regulator, RRT.
But the issue extends across the region.
Frontline countries are bracing for more. “We see the trend that Russia is investing much more in this activity,” Aleksiejūnas said, pointing to an increase in spoofing sources from the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad in recent months.
Data from RRT shows an uptick from three locations in February to 29 in August. “These sources have quite a long range and the possibility to affect the territory” up to 400 km, he added — placing Berlin, for instance, under threat.