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Surveillance vendors caught abusing access to telcos to track people’s phone locations, researchers say

Surveillance vendors caught abusing access to telcos to track people’s phone locations, researchers say

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… 

France confirms data breach at government agency that manages citizens’ IDs

France confirms data breach at government agency that manages citizens’ IDs

The French government agency that handles the issuing and management of citizens’ identity documents, including national IDs, passports, and immigration documents, confirmed Wednesday that it experienced a data breach. In an announcement, the Agence Nationale…