The FBI has fallen short on assessing the privacy risks and accuracy of a huge facial recognition database used by several law enforcement agencies, a government auditor has said. A new report, released by the U.S. Government Accountability Office Wednesday, shows the FBI’s use of facial recognition technology is “far greater” than previously understood, said Senator […]
A crucial State Department database used to vet travelers to and from the U.S. had gaps in its security that could have allowed hackers to either steal or edit visa information, according to a Thursday report. The recently discovered vulnerability — which has been repaired, according to one agency official — was considered a risk because […]
A researcher discovered an unprotected database storing the details of 198,000 users who had signed up for a now-defunct iOS application. A misconfigured MongoDB database associated with the iPhone app Kinotopic was discovered by Chris Vickery, a researcher who currently works at Kromtech, the company behind MacKeeper. Kinotopic, which allowed users to create and share […]
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