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2019 — US Customs and Border Protection: Photos of travellers' faces and license plates were…

2019 100.0K records affected

Technical writeup

June 2019. Photos of travellers' faces and license plates were compromised as part of an a malicious cyberattack on a federal subcontractor.

Root cause

Hacked

References

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/06/10/us-customs-border-protection-says-photos-travelers-into-out-country-were-recently-taken-data-breach/?utm_term=.69c66aaf152f