U.S. Central Command said it “has received multiple threat reports concerning adversary exploitation of commercial location data to target or surveil U.S. personnel in theater.”
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Commercial location data has been used to "target or surveil U.S. personnel in theater,” CENTCOM says.
Foreign adversaries are using commercially available tracking and location data to target U.S. service members in war zones,…
U.S. forces deployed to war zones have been targeted using commercially available location data, according to reports fielded…
This marks the first official confirmation that U.S. forces have been targeted in an active conflict zone this way, according to…
In a recently disclosed letter, Centcom said it had received "multiple threat reports concerning adversary exploitation of…
Location data is widely used in digital advertising, which is a key source of revenue for many tech companies.
