US EditionResearchers find sensitive personal data of US military personnel is for sale online
- The study conducted by Duke University revealed that data brokers in the US are selling sensitive private information about military members and veterans, including their personal and health data, for as little as $0.12 per record.
- Researchers found that data brokers had minimal vetting processes and were willing to sell the data to buyers using email domains from both the US and Asia. This poses privacy and national security risks as it allows anyone to obtain highly sensitive information about military members.
- The authors of the study are urging Congress to pass comprehensive privacy laws to regulate the data broker industry and protect personal information from falling into the wrong hands.
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Researchers say service members’ personal information is easy to buy online
It is “not difficult” to obtain the sensitive, personal information of American military service members, and brokers are selling such data on the open market, creating a risk to U.S. national security, a new report from Duke University says. Researchers at the university’s Sanford School of Public Policy easily bought the sensitive information of American…
Security threat: U.S. military personnel’s personal data is easy to buy at low cost, researchers say
Sensitive data on U.S. military personnel is easily acquired from data brokers hawking health, financial and other private information that could be used for blackmail, according to Duke University researchers.
Researchers find sensitive personal data of US military personnel is for sale online - Boston News, Weather, Sports
(CNN) — Sensitive personal information like the apparent home addresses and health conditions of thousands of active-duty US military personnel can be bought cheaply online from so-called data brokers, according to a study published Monday by Duke University researchers. The researchers could shop for data on servicemembers based on geolocation, including whether they lived or work near Fort Bragg, Quantico or other sensitive military locations.…
Researchers find sensitive personal data of US military personnel is for sale online
By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — Sensitive personal information like the apparent home addresses and health conditions of thousands of active-duty US military personnel can be bought cheaply online from so-called data brokers, according to a study published Monday by Duke University researchers. The researchers could shop for data on servicemembers based on geolocation, including whether they lived or work near Fort Bragg, Quantico or other sensitiv…
Researchers find sensitive personal data of US military personnel is for sale online
Sensitive personal information like the apparent home addresses and health conditions of thousands of active-duty US military personnel can be bought cheaply online from so-called data brokers, according to a study published Monday by Duke University researchers.
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