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Iran used phone tracking to locate US troops during the war

2026-07-14 22:58:29Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

Iran and its allies allegedly used mobile phone tracking technology to locate US military personnel and contractors during the recent Middle East war, according to a Financial Times analysis based on telecommunications data and sources familiar with the matter.

According to the report, cyberattacks on mobile networks in the region began in the weeks before the US-Israeli offensive against Iran in late February and continued during the first phase of the Iranian response with missiles and drones against US bases.

Analysis shows that telephone networks in the Middle East faced a wave of requests known as SS7 pings, a technique that exploits old vulnerabilities in mobile networks to determine the location of phones roaming outside their home country.

Two cybersecurity experts, quoted by the Financial Times, said the pattern of these requests suggests a coordinated campaign to identify specific devices.

"Iran has the ability to provide real-time, continuous data on the location of phones. I would be very surprised if they were not using the SS7 network or access to cellular networks in the region to track American users," said Gary Miller, a researcher at the Citizen Lab organization.

According to the British newspaper, Gulf officials suspect that Iran or allied groups have exploited roaming agreements with local operators to attempt to locate American personnel.

A US official, speaking on condition of anonymity, also said that Iran-linked actors are also suspected of using commercial digital advertising databases to track phones in the Iraqi Kurdistan region.

During the conflict, targets linked to the American presence, including hotels housing contractors and military personnel, were struck in Iraq, Bahrain and other Gulf countries.

However, the United States Central Command (CENTCOM) stated that it had taken "unprecedented measures to protect forces," while a US official stressed that there is no evidence that phone tracking played a decisive role in the Iranian attacks.


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