Bangladesh, March 6 -- More than 1,100 ships across the Middle East experienced significant navigation disruptions within a 24-hour period following the US-Israel strike on Iran on February 28, raising serious safety and cybersecurity concerns in one of the worlds busiest maritime corridors. According to maritime intelligence firm Windward, the large-scale interference affected both Global Positioning System (GPS) and Automatic Identification System (AIS) signals, creating false vessel positions and exposing ships to heightened risks of accidents, collisions, and operational confusion.

The disruption, which analysts described as resembling a major maritime cybersecurity incident, caused ships to appear in incorrect locations on digital n...