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Iran abused mobile networks’ vulnerabilities to locate US military in the Middle East, report says

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Feed Name: TechCrunch Security News

Threat Score
85/100

Date Published: 2026-07-14

Date Updated: 2026-07-23

Author: Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai

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The Financial Times reports that Iran abused well-known SS7 signaling protocol vulnerabilities and ad-technology to track and locate U.S. military personnel in the Middle East—identifying forces in bases and hotels in countries such as Iraq and Bahrain—and that this surveillance enabled strikes which resulted in injuries.

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