Technology23 Apr 2026SEO 801 min read

Analysis: Surveillance vendors caught abusing access to telcos to track people’s phone lo…

Security researchers have uncovered two separate spying campaigns that are abusing well-known weaknesses in the global telecoms infrastructure to track people&…

Security researchers have uncovered two separate spying campaigns that are abusing well-known weaknesses in the global telecoms infrastructure to track people’s locations. The researchers say these two campaigns are likely a small snapshot of what they believe to be widespread exploitation of surveillance vendors seeking access to global phone networks. On Thursday, the Citizen Lab, a digital rights organization with more than a decade of experience exposing surveillance abuses, published…

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