CBP Used Online Ad Data to Track Phone Locations

2026-03-07T20:52:15Z68cc8be8aa555caaea7f98ee40d9a30990ba6b4ba8c12d5e15efd3286d2c3c8e
cartel-technologycoruna-toolkitcriminal-forumsdata-breachdata-brokersgovernment-surveillancegps-jammingidentity-theftinternet-outageiphone-exploitlocation-trackingmissile-defenseprayer-app-compromisesecurity-camerasstate-sponsored-hacking

What happened

A roundup of high-impact cyber and security developments: U.S. Customs and Border Protection used online-ad data to infer phone locations, raising major privacy and surveillance concerns; Proton assisted the FBI in identifying a protester; the Leakbase cybercrime forum was dismantled; a sophisticated iPhone-hacking toolkit (likely government-developed, referred to in reporting as Coruna) appears to have leaked and may have infected tens of thousands of devices; research shows state-linked actors (notably Iranian-affiliated) repeatedly attempted to hijack consumer security cameras timed to air–

Why it matters

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Evidence and limitations

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wired_security
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68cc8be8aa555caaea7f98ee40d9a30990ba6b4ba8c12d5e15efd3286d2c3c8e
Enrichment time
2026-03-07T20:52:15Z
AI-assisted enrichment
Yes

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