The Strait Becomes a Digital Minefield: How Ships Are Navigating a War of Invisible Signals

“Since 5 March, Pole Star Global has tracked 3,396 vessels in and around the Strait of Hormuz. Roughly 1 in 15 of them, 231 ships, are exhibiting suspicious positional anomalies. “Jumping” implausible distances, going briefly “ghosted,” or reappearing in patterns consistent with GPS and AIS interference. This is no longer a story about isolated glitches; it’s a systematic, ...