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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://infosec.exchange/users/josephcox/statuses/113788002336164750">Joseph Cox (josephcox@infosec.exchange)'s status on Wednesday, 08-Jan-2025 02:08:13 JST</a><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@josephcox" title="josephcox@infosec.exchange"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/163273-48-20230825063445.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Joseph Cox" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Joseph Cox</a><div><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@josephcox/113787962902155166" rel="in-reply-to">in reply to</a></div></section><article><p>This is the "nightmare scenario all privacy advocates have feared and warned about." Could leak the locations of people who realistically had no idea they were being tracked through ordinary apps or ads <a href="https://www.404media.co/hackers-claim-massive-breach-of-location-data-giant-threaten-to-leak-data/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.404media.co/hackers-claim-massive-breach-of-location-data-giant-threaten-to-leak-data/</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/4329350#notice-8463418">In conversation</a><time datetime="2025-01-08T02:08:13+09:00" title="Wednesday, 08-Jan-2025 02:08:13 JST">about 11 days ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@josephcox/113788002336164750" rel="external" title="Sent from infosec.exchange via ActivityPub">infosec.exchange</a></span></span><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@josephcox/113788002336164750">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: www.404media.co</div><h5><a href="https://www.404media.co/hackers-claim-massive-breach-of-location-data-giant-threaten-to-leak-data/">Hackers Claim Massive Breach of Location Data Giant, Threaten to Leak Data</a></h5><div> from <span>@josephfcox</span></div></header><div>Gravy Analytics has been one of the most important companies in the location data industry for years, collating smartphone location data from around the world selling some to the U.S. government. Hackers say they stole a mountain of data.</div><footer></footer></article></li><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/3860978">"A location data broker like Gravy Analytics getting hacked is the nightmare scenario all privacy advocates have feared and warned about. The potential harms for individuals is haunting, and if all the bulk location data of Americans ends up being sold on underground markets, this will create countless deanonymization risks and tracking concerns for high risk individuals and organizations,” Zach Edwards, senior threat analyst at cybersecurity firm Silent Push, and who has followed the location data industry closely, told 404 Media. “This may be the first major breach of a bulk location data provider, but it won't be the last.”</a></label><br><a href="https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/media_attachments/files/113/788/001/623/606/416/original/1b132fef82b7ed76.png" rel="external">https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/media_attachments/files/113/788/001/623/606/416/original/1b132fef82b7ed76.png</a></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Joseph Cox (josephcox@infosec.exchange)'s status on Wednesday, 08-Jan-2025 02:08:13 JST Joseph Cox
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This is the "nightmare scenario all privacy advocates have feared and warned about." Could leak the locations of people who realistically had no idea they were being tracked through ordinary apps or ads https://www.404media.co/hackers-claim-massive-breach-of-location-data-giant-threaten-to-leak-data/
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  Hackers Claim Massive Breach of Location Data Giant, Threaten to Leak Data
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  Gravy Analytics has been one of the most important companies in the location data industry for years, collating smartphone location data from around the world selling some to the U.S. government. Hackers say they stole a mountain of data.
2. "A location data broker like Gravy Analytics getting hacked is the nightmare scenario all privacy advocates have feared and warned about. The potential harms for individuals is haunting, and if all the bulk location data of Americans ends up being sold on underground markets, this will create countless deanonymization risks and tracking concerns for high risk individuals and organizations,” Zach Edwards, senior threat analyst at cybersecurity firm Silent Push, and who has followed the location data industry closely, told 404 Media. “This may be the first major breach of a bulk location data provider, but it won't be the last.”
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