CBP Used Online Ad Data to Track Phone Locations
2026-03-09T20:52:17Z•4b1f33eb3a55127d81b58da0859c14cf8ad1676780419ebd96cade48c758863f
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What happened
A collection of recent WIRED security stories highlighting escalating state and criminal cyber activity and widespread privacy risks. Key items: CBP reportedly used online-ad data to track phone locations; a sophisticated iPhone exploitation toolkit (likely government-developed, referred to as Coruna) appears to be in wider circulation and may have infected tens of thousands of devices; apparent Iranian state actors repeatedly attempted to hijack consumer security cameras in coordination with missile/drone strikes; GPS/AS navigation attacks have affected ~1,100 ships in the region amid the US/
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- 2026-03-09T20:52:17Z
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