Israeli Ad Tech Firm Accused of Tracking Starlink Users Worldwide

Cybersecurity researchers found that Israeli company Discover-Tech was a major source of digital ads served to Starlink users in a suspected espionage effort.

Israeli ad tech firm Discover-Tech has been accused of tracking users of the Starlink satellite internet network worldwide through online advertisements, The Jerusalem Post and CTech reported.

According to The Jerusalem Post, researchers at TrendAI, a unit of Tokyo-based cybersecurity firm Trend Micro, concluded that the Israeli company was one of the largest sources of digital ads shown to Starlink users, in what is suspected to be an espionage attempt.

A response from the company and further details regarding the scope of the tracking have not yet been released.