US officials say sanctioned countries are increasingly manipulating the GPS-based automatic identification systems, or AIS, of ships to evade international law (Anatoly Kurmanaev/New York Times)

Anatoly Kurmanaev / New York Times:
US officials say sanctioned countries are increasingly manipulating the GPS-based automatic identification systems, or AIS, of ships to evade international law  —  A technology enabling the transmission of fake locations to carry out murky or even illegal business operations …