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GPS Tracker Used as Anti-Kidnapping Device Leaks Users Location, Info

ID: 1e256263-cac9-5929-a4d5-4ee530622f2d

STIX ID: report--1e256263-cac9-5929-a4d5-4ee530622f2d

Feed Name: Security Ledger

Threat Score
72/100

Date Published: 2017-03-29

Date Updated: 2026-04-26

Author: Paul Roberts

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Rapid7's analysis of the Eview EV-07S GPS tracker (used in Colombia's protection program) identified several serious security and privacy flaws — unauthenticated remote factory reset via SMS, easy enumeration of five-digit user IDs enabling exposure of other users' GPS data, and management-console vulnerabilities that permit access to device configuration and microphone/GPS information — creating high-risk opportunities for attackers to take over trackers or surveil protected individuals.

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