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Iran Abused Mobile Network Vulnerabilities to Locate US Military in the Middle East, Report Says

Iran reportedly exploited long-known weaknesses in global telecom systems to pinpoint the locations of US military personnel across the Middle East before and during the Iran war, according to a report citing telecom and cybersecurity research.

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Iran Abused Mobile Network Vulnerabilities to Locate US Military in the Middle East, Report Says

A report says Iran abused well-known telecom vulnerabilities—particularly SS7, a signaling system used in 2G/3G networks—to track US military personnel across countries such as Iraq and Bahrain. The activity reportedly enabled identification of targets including bases and hotels, and the report links related actions to attacks that reportedly caused injuries. It also says Iran used advertising-technology tracking to locate phones in Iraqi Kurdistan.

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