CBP Used Online Ad Data to Track Phone Locations
2026-03-08T20:52:16Z•e5fe3a9fb3ef4434fc14c688a498e7de7dedaaa045149c3c3a0e47a15ec533a1
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What happened
A batch of Wired security stories highlights widespread privacy and national-security risks: US CBP used online-ad data to track phone locations and Proton reportedly aided FBI identification of a protester; the Leakbase cybercrime forum was dismantled. A sophisticated iPhone exploitation toolkit (linked to a probable government-origin project, leaked and now in criminal hands) and mass attempts by apparent Iranian state hackers to hijack consumer security cameras during kinetic strikes underscore espionage and battlefield-operations threats. Maritime safety is impacted by a spike in GPS/sat‑n
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- Source ID
- wired_security
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- e5fe3a9fb3ef4434fc14c688a498e7de7dedaaa045149c3c3a0e47a15ec533a1
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- 2026-03-08T20:52:16Z
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- Yes
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