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DHS IG Blames CBP For Failing To Protect Biometric Data That Ended Up On Dark Web

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2020

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DHS IG Blames CBP For Failing To Protect Biometric Data That Ended Up On Dark Web

Customs and Border Protection is implementing facial recognition checks for travelers departing from and arriving to the U.S. by air. The agency is also rolling out the technology for people entering the U.S. on foot. Photo: CBP

Biometric data collected as part of a facial recognition pilot program for Customs and Border Protection ended up on a hidden part of the internet that is used for selling and buying illicit data and contraband because the agency failed to use an encrypted device to safeguard the data, the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General says in a new report. The traveler images were downloaded by a CBP subcontractor in 2018 and 2019 without the agency’s knowledge…

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