Pentagon admits foreign adversaries exploited US troops' phone location data; lawmakers demand action
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Brandon Vigliarolo
Crisp on the outside, thoughtful on the inside. A keeper.
Summary
The Pentagon has acknowledged that foreign adversaries have exploited commercial geolocation data from US troops' smartphones in the Middle East, using it to target or surveil American personnel. Despite this security breach, the Defense Department has been slow to secure the information. A bipartisan group of lawmakers, led by Senator Ron Wyden and Representative Pat Harrigan, sent a letter to the DoD CIO urging tighter controls on smartphone data and commercial tracking information that could endanger troops.
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Despite that, the Defense Department hasn't exactly moved fast to secure the information, elected officials say.
Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), Representative Pat Harrigan (R-NC), and a dozen other Congress critters sent a letter to DoD CIO Kirste
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