NYT: oil tankers transmitted false route signals to circumvent sanctions when entering Russian ports
To circumvent sanctions, tankers carrying Russian oil began to use technology that allows them to hide their location. about this writes The New York Times . Previously, ships, in order to hide data about their routes, before entering Russian ports, turned off transponders - special devices for recording movements. Now, according to the newspaper, at least three oil tankers are using spoofing, a technology for transmitting a false position signal.