Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻💻🧬<p>Hackers Claim Massive <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Breach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Breach</span></a> of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Location" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Location</span></a> Data Giant, Threaten to Leak Data<br><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/GravyAnalytics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GravyAnalytics</span></a> has been one of the most important companies in location data.<br>For years, companies have harvested location information from <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/smartphones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>smartphones</span></a>, either through ordinary <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/apps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>apps</span></a> or the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ads</span></a>, and then built products based on that data or sold it to others. In many cases, those customers include U.S. government, with arms of the military, DHS, the IRS, and FBI using it for various purposes. <br><a href="https://www.404media.co/hackers-claim-massive-breach-of-location-data-giant-threaten-to-leak-data/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">404media.co/hackers-claim-mass</span><span class="invisible">ive-breach-of-location-data-giant-threaten-to-leak-data/</span></a></p>