Hackers Grabbed Security Camera Images Taken At Border Crossing, CBP Says
NPRHackers Grabbed Security Camera Images Taken At Border Crossing, CBP Says Enlarge this image toggle caption John Moore/Getty Images John Moore/Getty Images Photos of travelers and their vehicle plates snapped at a U.S. border control point have been hacked, according to the Customs and Border Protection agency. Customs officials said in a statement on Monday that the hack involves fewer than 100,000 people photographed inside vehicles — as well as images of the vehicle license plates — that were taken as travelers left the U.S. through specific lanes at a single, unspecified land-border crossing. Sponsor Message "Initial information indicates that the subcontractor violated mandatory security and privacy protocols outlined in their contract," CBP said in a statement. Although the agency did not name the subcontractor, the news follows a report last month in the computer security website The Register that Tennessee-based Perceptics — which purports to be "the sole provider" of license-plate readers at land border points in the U.S. — had been hacked.
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