Fitness APP becomes "spy"!Israeli soldiers are used to exercise, and nearly a hundred people have been leaked

According to the "Israel Times" reported on the 21st, an online survey organization revealed on Tuesday that recently, a vulnerability of a popular fitness application (APP) was used by unknown people to monitor the activities of members of the Israeli security forces at domestic military bases, and even even Including their travel abroad.

The survey shows that these unknown people use the GPS positioning function in the fitness app named "Strava" to create a running route that can be shared at the Israeli military base and security facilities. When members of the Israeli security forces use this APP to exercise, the software will provide the tracking information of their location to the founders of these routes. Even if the user sets the security settings of the APP to the highest level, it will not be prevented.

This situation was first discovered by Israel's online survey organization "Fakeporter" and was first reported by the British Guardian. According to the report, this function of Strava may also be used to track the actions of Israeli security personnel around the world, including the whereabouts of their official duties.

It is reported that hackers have created a personal account on the name of this APP platform, showing that its location is Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Anyone can create a personal account on the platform, and the user does not need to prove that the information is real in any way. It is unclear who created the account.

Screenshot of the Israeli Times report

The investigation organization said that this account created a running route near six military facilities in Israel. About 100 security forces who used the Strava -shared running route function were leaked, including the staff of the Israeli intelligence department and the Air Force, and Relevant personnel of the Ministry of Defense.

According to the Guardian, the data of a person suspected to be stationed in the related bases related to the Israeli nuclear plan has also been leaked, and it can allow hackers to track the relevant situations of other military bases and foreign countries. It is unclear who collected the information behind the scenes, but obviously these people have found a way to use the specific functions of this app to track personal whereabouts.

"FakerPorter" Achiya Schatz said: "As soon as we discovered this security vulnerability, we immediately contacted the Israeli security forces. A senior team to solve this problem. "

In a statement issued to the Guardian, the Strava platform operator stated that it has taken "necessary measures to remedy this situation" and encourages users to check the settings on the APP, "to ensure their choices in Strava's choice Represents the experience they want ".

The Israeli Times pointed out that this is not the first time that this app is involved in a scandal related to leaking military secrets. Last year, the Israeli "Land News" reported that a member of the Israeli National Security Agency accidentally leaked the overseas travel information of officials through Strava, including information from countries that have nothing to do with Israel.

In 2018, Strava Lab released a map that showed its users' movements around the world and the intensity of the movement along the given route. The company said at the time that this was the "direct visualization of the Strava Global Sports Network." However, people quickly discovered that this map shows the potential sensitive information of the military and its allies' military personnel in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria.

(Edit: ZLQ)

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