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SECURITYApr 11 · 06:02 UTCTHE HACKER NEWS[email protected] (The Hacker News)

Citizen Lab: Law Enforcement Used Webloc to Track 500 Million Devices via Ad Data

Hungarian domestic intelligence, El Salvador's national police, and U.S. law enforcement agencies used Webloc, an ad-based geolocation surveillance tool developed by Cobwebs Technologies and now sold by Penlink. The system tracked over 500 million devices globally.

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Hungarian domestic intelligenceorganizationNational Police of El SalvadororganizationU.S. law enforcement and police departmentsorganizationCobwebs TechnologiesorganizationPenlinkorganizationWebloctopicCitizen Laborganization
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