A new investigation has revealed how Iranian-linked cyber operators allegedly tracked the locations of U.S. military personnel across the Gulf by exploiting weaknesses in global mobile phone networks. According to the report, attackers used vulnerabilities in the decades-old SS7 telecom signaling system, along with roaming network requests and commercially available location data, to monitor the approximate locations of targeted devices.
The investigation says the activity intensified before the broader 2026 Iran-U.S. conflict and continued during the exchange of missile and drone attacks. Researchers report that personal phones and devices using local SIM cards were more exposed than secure military communications. While the investigation does not conclude that phone tracking directly led to specific military strikes, it says the location data could have improved targeting during attacks on U.S.-linked facilities.
In this video, we break down how the alleged tracking worked, why SS7 remains a security concern, what the investigation found, and what it could mean for modern cyber warfare and military operations.
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