US troops targeted through commercial location data - Reuters
US forces in war zones have been targeted through commercially available location data, Reuters reported on Thursday, citing a letter from US Central Command shared by US Senator Ron Wyden.
CENTCOM said it had received “multiple threat reports concerning adversary exploitation of commercial location data to target or surveil US personnel in theater,” according to the letter.
CENTCOM’s area of responsibility includes the Persian Gulf, where US forces are facing Iran’s military over the Strait of Hormuz.
A bipartisan group of lawmakers warned the Pentagon that commercial location data could reveal where US troops gather and their daily patterns, exposing them to missile, drone and roadside bomb attacks.
Wyden said Washington should start treating the adtech industry as a national security threat.
