License plate photos compromised after Customs contractor breach
June 10, 2019 | Uncategorized
A contractor for US Customs and Border Protection has been breached, leaking photos and other sensitive data, the agency announced on Monday. Initially described as “traveler photos,” many of the images seem to be pictures of traveler license plates, likely taken from cars at an automotive port of entry.
Customs has not named the contractor involved in the breach, but a Washington Post article noted that the announcement included a Word document with the name Perceptrics, a provider of automated license plate readers used at a number of southern ports of entry.
A breach at Perceptics was first reported by The Register on May 23rd, after the data was leaked to the publication by an individual using the pseudonym “Boris Bullet-Dodger.”…
