Anonymous11 days ago
U.S. Central Command has confirmed receiving multiple threat reports of foreign adversaries exploiting commercially available location data to target American military personnel in active war zones, with service members and families receiving direct threats from Iranian-linked actors. A bipartisan group of 14 lawmakers is demanding the Pentagon take immediate action, citing a decade of inaction despite warnings — while the broader data broker industry, worth over $250 billion, continues to lobby against privacy restrictions that would close the gap.