Researchers found and tracked NATO troops and tricked them into disobeying orders for just $60
Ryan Pickrell, Business Insider
February 19, 2019 at 01:11 PM
Enemies can use social media to not only inexpensively find and target NATO forces — but also manipulate them, new research has concluded.
Researchers with NATO's Strategic Communications Center of Excellence used open source data, primarily social media, to successfully identify 150 soldiers, locate multiple battalions, track troop movements, and even convince service members to leave their posts and engage in other "undesirable behavior" during a military exercise, Wired reported Monday, citing a StratCom report.
And they did it for only $60, demonstrating how easy it is for an aggressor to target NATO with data available online.
https://taskandpurpose.com/researchers-track-nato-troops-internet
