US forces targeted using commercial location data, Pentagon confirms (militarytimes.com)
0xBASE INTEL BRIEF
- CENTCOM has multiple threat reports of adversaries using commercial location data to target U.S. forces.
- First official acknowledgment of such targeting in an active war zone.
- Lawmakers demand Pentagon action: disable ad IDs, limit location sharing, switch browsers.
"U.S. troops in war zones have been targeted using commercially available location data, according to threat reports received by U.S. Central Command. Lawmakers, led by Senator Ron Wyden, are urging the Pentagon to take action to protect personnel from such surveillance."
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