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Iran abused mobile networks’ vulnerabilities to locate U.S. military in the Middle East, report says
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Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
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A report indicates that the Iranian government exploited vulnerabilities in global telecommunications protocols, specifically SS7, to track U.S. military personnel in the Middle East. These surveillance techniques were reportedly used to facilitate strikes against military bases.
The Iranian government abused well-known vulnerabilities in the global telecoms infrastructure to locate U.S. military personnel in the build-up to the Iran War, as well as in the early days of the conflict, according to The Financial Times .
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