Surveillance vendors caught abusing access to telcos to track people’s phone locations
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April 23, 2026
TechCrunch – 23 Apr 26
Surveillance vendors caught abusing access to telcos to track people's phone...
The Citizen Lab found two separate surveillance vendors abusing the backbone of cellular networks to spy on several victims across the world.
Est. reading time: 5 minutes
full research Bad Connection: Uncovering Global Telecom Exploitation by Covert Surveillance Actors - The Citizen Lab
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