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Apple AirTag tracking can be misled by replayed Bluetooth signals

ID: cfd0f2ed-f03d-54f9-a979-47a989ed2d44

STIX ID: report--cfd0f2ed-f03d-54f9-a979-47a989ed2d44

Feed Name: Help Net Security

Threat Score
50/100

Date Published: 2026-04-17

Date Updated: 2026-04-28

Author: Sinisa Markovic

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Researchers demonstrated a practical relay attack on Apple’s Find My network whereby Bluetooth LE advertisements from an AirTag are captured, transmitted over the internet, and replayed elsewhere to inject false location reports; the report explains the attack flow, experimental setup, how Find My prioritizes local vs cloud reports and key rotation limits reuse (but replayed signals can persist for days under some conditions).

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