In an attempt to keep better tabs on San Bernardino, Calif., gang members, a number of the state’s prison officials have started to use global positioning system (GPS)-enabled anklets, Reuters reports.State prison officials affixed GPS-enabled anklets to three known gang members last week, according to Reuters.San Bernardino, located roughly 60 miles east of Los Angeles, is the first California city to employ the technology to track gang members, Reuters reports.In 2005, six counties across the state began using the technology to keep track of sex offenders, and a number of those offenders have been apprehended because of violations detected by the GPS anklets, according to Reuters. Sarah Ludeman, a California Department of Corrections spokeswoman, told Reuters, “GPS tracking is just another tool in the bag; we will still use ground personnel to track gang members.”The city of San Bernardino and state prison officials have agreed that when known, high-risk gang members are arrested and paroled, they will be released on the condition that they wear a GPS-enabled anklet at all times, Reuters reports. People wearing the anklets look like moving dots on a digital map, and if they attempt to remove one or leave their designated areas, an alert is sent to a police base station, according to Reuters.The results of the pilot program will be examined by the University of California at Irvine, Reuters reports.Keep checking out our CSO Security Feed page for updated news coverage. Related content news Google Chrome zero-day jumps onto CISA's known vulnerability list A serious security flaw in Google Chrome, which was discovered under active exploitation in the wild, is a new addition to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency’s Known Exploited vulnerabilities catalog. By Jon Gold Oct 03, 2023 3 mins Zero-day vulnerability brandpost The advantages and risks of large language models in the cloud Understanding the pros and cons of LLMs in the cloud is a step closer to optimized efficiency—but be mindful of security concerns along the way. By Daniel Prizmant, Senior Principal Researcher at Palo Alto Networks Oct 03, 2023 5 mins Cloud Security news Arm patches bugs in Mali GPUs that affect Android phones and Chromebooks The vulnerability with active exploitations allows local non-privileged users to access freed-up memory for staging new attacks. By Shweta Sharma Oct 03, 2023 3 mins Android Security Vulnerabilities news UK businesses face tightening cybersecurity budgets as incidents spike More than a quarter of UK organisations think their cybersecurity budget is inadequate to protect them from growing threats. By Michael Hill Oct 03, 2023 3 mins CSO and CISO Risk Management Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe