New research funded by West Point exposes a U.S. security vulnerability, and what many see as a gap in federal law.
A new report says military members are vulnerable to having their data gathered, packaged and sold overseas. | Alex Wong/Getty ImagesActive-duty members of the U.S. military are vulnerable to having their personal information collected, packaged and sold to overseas companies without any vetting, according to a new report funded by the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
Data brokers gather government files, publicly available information and financial records into packages they can sell to marketers and other interested companies. As the practice has grown into a $214 billion industry, it has raised privacy concerns and come under scrutiny from lawmakers in Congress and state capitals.
“If researchers are able to purchase this, acting in ethical ways, subject to university ethics processes, it would be very easy for a foreign adversary to do so,” said Justin Sherman, a researcher at Duke who led the project. “The Russian intelligence services don’t have a ban on deception.” “Cheating on your spouse, financial issues, mental health concerns, all of those things can get your security clearances revoked. Those things are all in the data. It just takes the right combination of content and attackers to start trying to exploit that information,” said Dawson.The researchers purchased datasets from the three data brokers twice.
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