U.S. military personnel deployed to active war zones are being targeted by adversaries using commercially available location data. U.S. Central Command confirmed multiple threat reports about adversary exploitation of commercial location data to target or surveil U.S. personnel in theater. The confirmation was shared with Reuters by Senator Ron Wyden, and it did not include specific incidents. The operational area includes the Gulf, where U.S. forces face the Iranian military. The development is described as the first official confirmation that U.S. forces have been targeted in an active conflict zone using this method. Wyden and bipartisan legislators said they addressed the Pentagon about the issue.
"U.S. military personnel deployed to active war zones are being targeted by adversaries exploiting commercially available location data, illustrating how the global surveillance economy impacts battlefield security. U.S. Central Command (Centcom) officially confirmed this alarming development, reporting "multiple threat reports concerning adversary exploitation of commercial location data to target or surveil U.S. personnel in theater.""
"The message, shared with Reuters by Senator Ron Wyden, offered no specific incidents. However, Centcom's operational area includes the Gulf, where U.S. forces face the Iranian military. 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."
"In a letter shared with Reuters by U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat, opens new tab, U.S. Central Command said it had received multiple threat reports concerning adversary exploitation of commercial location data to target or surveil U.S. personnel in theater."
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