"Data Brokers Are Selling US Service Members' Secrets, Researchers Find"

According to a new report from researchers at Duke University's Sanford School of Public Policy, data brokers are selling large amounts of highly sensitive data on American military service members. The study delves into the data broker industry, which collects personal information on individual consumers before selling it to marketers. The industry has grown rapidly in recent years, prompting California to enact a law that lets consumers prevent data brokers from gathering and selling their information with the click of a button. Although most concerns about the industry center on privacy, the researchers focused on how it could pose a national security risk. They used a .asia domain name and purchased massive amounts of data from brokers for as little as 12 cents per service member. According to the report, the researchers set up a server in Singapore where the brokers sent private data concerning active-duty service members, veterans, and their families. They also sold bulk data for people at geofenced military facilities. This article continues to discuss data brokers selling US service members' secrets. 

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