Hackers Claim Massive Breach of Location Data Giant, Threaten to Leak Data
Hackers claim to have compromised Gravy Analytics, the parent company of Venntel which has sold masses of smartphone location data to the U.S. government. The hackers said they have stolen a massive amount of data, including customer lists, information on the broader industry, and even location data harvested from smartphones which show peoples’ precise movements, and they are threatening to publish the data publicly.The news is a crystalizing moment for the location data industry. For years, c...
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