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Pentagon says US military personnel are reportedly being targeted using location data
Lawmakers said the data can reveal troop patterns and enable missile, drone and roadside bomb attacks, citing multiple threat reports.
- U.S. Central Command confirmed to lawmakers it received threat reports that adversaries are exploiting commercial location data to target or surveil U.S. forces in active war zones, marking the first official admission of such battlefield vulnerability.
- Senator Ron Wyden and a bipartisan group of legislators prompted the disclosure in a letter sent last Thursday to the Pentagon, urging officials to start treating the adtech industry as a national security threat.
- Representative Pat Harrigan, a former U.S. Army Special Forces officer, warned that browsers like Chrome "are built from the ground up to collect and share user data," effectively handing adversaries a weapon against troops.
- Alphabet's Google defended its browser, stating Chrome has "industry-leading security" and that the company has "long advocated for stronger rules and safeguards against data brokers" amid the ongoing debate.
- While journalists recently used billions of coordinates to expose movements around 11 U.S. military and intelligence sites in Germany, the threat dates back to 2016, when a contractor tracked special operations forces in Syria.
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US military personnel deployed to war zones being targeted using location data: Report
US Central Command acknowledged receiving “multiple threat reports” involving adversaries exploiting commercial location data to monitor or target American personnel, according to a report, citing a letter shared by US Senator Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat
·Mumbai, India
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US forces deployed to war zones are reportedly being targeted using location data: Pentagon
US forces deployed to war zones have been targeted using commercially available location data, according to reports fielded by military officials, an illustration of how the global surveillance economy is shaping the battlefield.
·New York, United States
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Enemies are using phone location data to hunt US servicemembers, Pentagon confirms
This marks the first official confirmation that U.S. forces have been targeted in an active conflict zone this way, according to Wyden and a bipartisan group of legislators who addressed the Pentagon
·London, United Kingdom
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