Wippl in The Observer on GPS Spoofing
Joseph Wippl, Professor of the Practice of International Relations at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, was recently interviewed on “GPS Spoofing,” a new threat to national security in the United States. Spoofing involves fooling the GPS on a plane, drone or other technology into reporting the wrong position or time.
Wippl was quoted in a January 24, 2017 article in The Observer entitled “The Next Big Threat to National Security Is ‘Spoofing’.”
From the text of the article:
Of course, it’s against the law to spoof (or engage in jamming, for that matter) in the United States, but that won’t deter terrorists or rivals intent on disrupting society—and with potentially drastic consequences. Such a threat may more likely come from ISIS lone wolves, warned Joseph Wippl, a former Central Intelligence Agent who now teaches at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University. “The problem now is there are ISIS members trained in weaponry who will scatter throughout the world and could willingly die for their ideology,” Wippl explained. “Intelligence officials throughout the world will have their work cut out for them.”
You can read the entire article here.
Wippl is a former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer. He spent a 30 year career as an operations officer in the National Clandestine Service (NCS). Wippl has served overseas as an operations officer and operations manager in Bonn, West Germany; Guatemala City; Luxembourg; Madrid, Spain; Mexico City; Vienna, Austria; and Berlin, Germany. Learn more about him here.