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Apps Marketed to US Veterans Are Coming Equipped With Chinese and Russian Code
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- Facts Matter
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- Aug 19, 2026
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- 1232
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Summary
A first-of-its-kind study reveals that one out of eight apps marketed to U.S. military service members (and their families) contain foreign code—some from China and Russia—that could be remotely updated to leak sensitive data to adversaries. This alarming finding arrives just as reports confirm foreign adversaries are already using cell phone location data to target American troops in the Middle East. Let’s go through it all together.