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Wednesday, December 28, 2022

Military device with biometric database of 2K people sold on eBay for $68

Military device with biometric database of 2K people sold on eBay for $68

Snippet of Article: "...When a German security researcher, Matthias Marx, found a United States military device for sale on eBay—an instrument previously used to identify wanted individuals and known terrorists during the War in Afghanistan—Marx gambled a little and placed a low bid of $68. The device allegedly stored not just personal identifiable information (PII) of seemingly suspicious persons, but also of US military members, people in Afghanistan who worked with the government, and ordinary people temporarily detained at military checkpoints. Most of the data came from residents of Afghanistan and Iraq. All of this data was supposed to be destroyed onsite, but that seemingly never happened. ..."

Source: arstechnica.com

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