(MENAFN- Live Mint) National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval's office will investigate the alleged GPS spoofing incident that caused a massive tech glitch at the Delhi international airport last week, and disrupted flight services, as per an India Today report.

The probe will also see participation from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and the Airports Authority of India (AAI), it added.

New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport on November 7 faced a massive technical issue that delayed and disrupted over 800 flights after the air traffic control (ATC) system was affected. As per reports, the incident was caused by multiple GPS spoofing incidents, which contributed to the flight operation disruption.

Delhi airport glitch probe: What we know

The report noted that the NSA's National Cybersecurity Coordinator (NCSC) Navin Kumar Singh was appointed in August 2025 and his office is responsible for such matters.

The NCSC functions under the National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) in coordination with other agencies and government bodies including the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) on cybersecurity threats that require cohesive national response.

As per the report, authorities will determine the cause and extent of impact from the GPS spoofing incident and conclude whether the incident was a result of a technical glitch, cyberattack, or intentional interference.

What is GPS spoofing?

Cybersecurity software company McAfee's data explained that GPS spoofing is a practice where a GPS receiver is manipulated or tricked in a way to broadcast false GPS signals.

This malpractice to tamper with the GPS signals can mislead the GPS receiver into providing inaccurate location data, which can even result in the device's location information being somewhere where it is not present.

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