Infrastructure
The systems your site uses to call for help can also be switched off.
Banks, retail, government institutions and critical infrastructure. Panic buttons, alarms, sensors and radios that depend on the spectrum.
Illustrative video of an electrical substation at night, with a spectrum monitor on top: the signals of the security systems, a jamming attack that covers them, and Tank's detection.
Before they go in, they switch off your ability to call for help.
A single jammer cuts off the panic button, the alarm, the sensors and the radios. They stay on, and silent. None of them warns that it is being blocked.
When critical systems are attacked, everyone is harmed
- 01People inside with no way to call for help
- 02A monitoring center that never receives the signal it should have received
- 03Critical assets exposed while everything looks normal
- 04Services that depend on that infrastructure
Why what you already have is not enough
All of the above depends on the layer under attack.
Monitored alarm
It depends on the same signal under attack. The monitoring center never gets the alert.
Wireless panic button
It stays on, but it doesn't warn that it is being blocked.
Your electronic security provider
It depends on the layer under attack. It can't see the attack.
Periodic inspections
They find the problem afterward. The attack happens in minutes.
How Tank works at an infrastructure site
- 01
Makes the silence visible
JammerDefense detects jamming of critical systems as it happens.
- 02
Warns in time
The alert arrives while there is still time to act, with the zone, floor or point.
- 03
Leaves a record
Mission Control documents the dispatch, the closure and the validation.
- 04
Tests what you have
Tank Audit assesses whether your radio communications can be overheard.
In the field
53ha
coverage with one sensor
Up to 53 hectares with one sensor (about 131 acres), a radius of 410 m.
8×8m
precision with Hyperlocation
Even in the worst case: an enclosed parking garage, where the signal bounces and gets absorbed.
Solutions for infrastructure
Resources for infrastructure
To understand the threat and to share with your team.
To read
- GuideThe threatWhat jamming is and why you can't see it
- GuideGlossaryThe terms of spectrum security
- GuideFAQ
- The threatThey dressed as telecom technicians to empty cars in San Joaquín without breaking a single windowCarabineros arrested three men who stole from cars using signal jammers and corporate clothing from telecommunications companies. What sets the case apart is the disguise.
- The threatThe Chilean gang that stole US$5.5 million in the US used the same device that empties cars in ChileA gang of Chileans hit ATMs on the US West Coast with disguises, blowtorches and signal jammers. The jammer is the same one now used to steal cars in Santiago.
- The threatSignal jammers: the new threat that leaves retail stores blindA butcher shop in La Reina and a car dealership in Cerrillos were hit in the early hours by gangs that used jammers to disable their alarms. The cases confirm a pattern against retail businesses.
- The threatHome invasion in Chicureo: jammers used to disable cameras and alarms in a gated communityA gang of at least six armed people broke into a house in Chicureo after blinding the alarms, Wi-Fi and cameras with signal jammers. It was the fifth similar attack in the area that year.
- The threatHigh-tech theft in plain sight: Karen Doggenweiler's car key jammed and clonedThe journalist's SUV vanished in Providencia, from a well-lit, busy spot, with no visible damage. Everything points to an attack with a signal jammer and a cloned key.
- The threatMultimillion heist at a Colombian airport: the gang used jammers to cut communicationsIn Riohacha, an armed group robbed an armored cash truck at the airport and used signal jammers to cut communications and hamper the police response.
- The threatCourt rules against a supermarket for failing to protect its parking lot: a new wake-up callThe Santiago Court of Appeals ordered Tottus to compensate a customer whose vehicle was stolen from the parking lot of its Quilicura store.
- The threatSignal jammers: beyond vehicle theftIn an attempted truck theft in Quilicura, the jammer was not only meant to prevent GPS tracking. It also affected the communications of those responding.
- The threatCriminals use signal jammers to steal from cars outside schools in ÑuñoaResidents of Villa Frei reported thefts from vehicles parked outside schools while parents dropped off their children. A jammer left the cars unlocked.
- The threatThe United Kingdom bans the jammers used to steal carsWith these devices involved in a large share of car thefts in England and Wales, the British government banned possessing and distributing them, with penalties of up to five years in prison.
- The threatLaw 21.720: carrying a jammer is now a crimeSince December 2024, selling, carrying or using a signal jammer in Chile carries prison time and fines. What it means for anyone protecting a site.
Frequently asked questions
Does it include handheld detectors?
Not for now. In these scenarios the attack becomes evident on its own, and what matters is knowing in time.
I already have an electronic security provider.
Tank doesn't replace them. It protects what they already sold you, because their system depends on the layer under attack.