Gravy Analytics has been one of the most important companies in the location data industry for years, collating smartphone location data from around the world selling some to the U.S. government. Hackers say they stole a mountain of data.

Hackers have reportedly breached Gravy Analytics, a parent company of Venntel that sells smartphone location data to the U.S. government. The hackers claim to have stolen considerable data, including customer lists, industry information and individuals’ location data. They are threatening to make the data public.

  • TheFriar@lemm.eeEnglish
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    5 hours ago

    Maybe I’m in the minority here, but maybe they should release it. So we can really see what these nameless, faceless data giants are doing. Data brokers already list our home address, known affiliations, places of work, etc. that’s our personal info already out and being traded. Leak the shit. Let’s see what the 1,000th previously unknown company trading in private data is doing.