--- title: Iran abused mobile networks’ vulnerabilities to locate... description: Iran exploited SS7 vulnerabilities in global telecom infrastructure to geolocate U.S. military personnel in Iraq, Bahrain, and other Middle Eastern countries... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/iran-abused-mobile-networks-vulnerabilities-to-locate-u-s-military-in-the-middle-east-report-says-0ijlgwk43 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Iran abused mobile networks’ vulnerabilities to locate U.S. military in the Middle East, report says | daily.dev og:description: Iran exploited SS7 vulnerabilities in global telecom infrastructure to geolocate U.S. military personnel in Iraq, Bahrain, and other Middle Eastern countries... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/iran-abused-mobile-networks-vulnerabilities-to-locate-u-s-military-in-the-middle-east-report-says-0ijlgwk43 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/0IjlgWk43.png og:image:alt: Iran abused mobile networks’ vulnerabilities to locate U.S. military in the Middle East, report says og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Iran abused mobile networks’ vulnerabilities to locate U.S. military in the Middle East, report says **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Iran exploited SS7 vulnerabilities in global telecom infrastructure to geolocate U.S. military personnel in Iraq, Bahrain, and other Middle Eastern countries during the lead-up to and early stages of the Iran War. The campaign, reported by the Financial Times citing Mobile Surveillance Monitor research and anonymous officials, used SS7 protocol weaknesses in 2G/3G networks to track cellphones and pinpoint military locations at bases and hotels. Iran also leveraged advertising technology as a secondary tracking method. The attacks resulted in multiple injuries among U.S. troops. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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