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US military disabled ad tracking on troops’ devices following reports of targeted attacks

US DoD disabled ad tracking on troops' devices after foreign adversaries targeted service members using commercially bought location data.

Per letters shared with Senator Ron Wyden, the Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, and Special Operations Command disabled advertising IDs on iPhones, Android devices, and Windows computers across the federal military enterprise. The protections rolled out earlier in 2026, with the Air Force implementing changes in July, to prevent adversaries from exploiting app-derived location data sold through data brokers. Wyden warned that personal devices brought onto military bases could still expose troops and facilities, and noted the intelligence community and FBI buy such data without warrants.

TechCrunch · Security · 11d agoPolicy & legal

It sure looks like hackers breached a major ID card verification service

Suspected breach of ID verification firm IDScan exposed over 150 million US and Canadian driver's licenses and passports, sold via dark web site Nexus.

Independent journalist Brian Krebs reported that a dark web site called Nexus is selling searchable access to more than 150 million driver's licenses and passports belonging to people in the United States and Canada, adding roughly 500,000 documents daily from a 'major identity verification company.' Krebs and researcher Zach Edwards identified Louisiana-based identity verification service IDScan as the likely source; Krebs' own license and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's records appeared in the database. The FBI confirmed it is looking into the incident and IDScan says it is investigating; Nexus went offline shortly after the report went live.

TechCrunch · Security · 13d agoData breach in the wild

US Defense Contractors Admit Their Rising CMMC Scores May Not Be Accurate

US defense contractors report rising self-assessed CMMC Phase I scores while doubting the accuracy of those self-evaluations.

Self-assessment scores under the US Department of Defense's Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Phase I have reportedly reached an all-time high. Contractors themselves doubt whether these self-reported scores accurately reflect their real security maturity. The uncertainty highlights concerns about the reliability of self-assessments in the program's initial phase.

Infosecurity Magazine · 26d agoPolicy & legal

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