Good thing a lot of people don’t use their faces as passwords to their phones and computers! https://t.co/wajQrGhWTD

— ฿ully (@BullyEsq) June 11, 2019

Customs Border Protection just announced it learned of a contractor data breach of facial recognition and license plate images put on the dark web

Well, last month we reported a contractor data breach of license plate images put them on the dark web https://t.co/NPVBPFWHnI

— Joseph Cox (@josephfcox) June 10, 2019

America's border protection photo database (passport photos and facial recognition) was breached ????https://t.co/Jr87LxMXEK

— Owen Williams ⚡ (@ow) June 10, 2019

Ron Wyden comment on CBP data breach. https://t.co/4MMiv8FVoO pic.twitter.com/W41durgqY7

— Zack Whittaker (@zackwhittaker) June 10, 2019

If you build it, they will come. As ACLU says, "The best way to avoid breaches of sensitive personal data is not to collect and retain such data in the first place.” https://t.co/x34FXwK2kU

— Yael Grauer (@yaelwrites) June 10, 2019

Tens of thousands of images of travelers and license plates stored by the customs and border agency were stolen in a cyberattack, officials said https://t.co/P7a6dwQ4ma

— The New York Times (@nytimes) June 10, 2019

This breach comes just as CBP seeks to expand its massive face recognition apparatus and collection of sensitive information from travelers, including license plate information and social media identifiers. https://t.co/qUvOE8UQY2

— ACLU (@ACLU) June 10, 2019

“The database of identifying photos had been transferred to a CBP subcontractor's company network without the US agency's authorization or knowledge, CBP explained.” https://t.co/E9ZIr2u1YP

— Jim Goldgeier (@JimGoldgeier) June 10, 2019

This data breach underscores the urgent need for the Department of Homeland Security to pause its deployment of facial recognition technology until it has enforceable rules prioritizing cybersecurity and protecting travelers’ privacy. https://t.co/kH208qaGpH

— Ed Markey (@SenMarkey) June 11, 2019

A review of the files in the May Perceptics leak reveals .TIF and .JPG files of vehicles passing through Santa Teresa and Columbus CBP checkpoints at the Mexican border in New Mexico.

At least a few hundred license plates, perhaps collected during a test, were leaked. MTF https://t.co/WkYA4IEfiM

— The Register (@TheRegister) June 10, 2019

I'm pretty sure "any data that is collected, will be breached" is the first law of our age https://t.co/V6QfPXHxBK

— Kate Cox (@KCoxDC) June 10, 2019

Here is the cycle:
1. A new technology is previewed
2. Critics raise concerns
3. Those critics are mocked as tinfoil hat wearing technophobes
4. The new technology is unleashed
5. The thing the critics warned about happens
6. Oooops!
7. Go back to 1https://t.co/Y09pn2qplg

— LibrarianShipwreck (@libshipwreck) June 11, 2019

this is truly really really bad https://t.co/xduFVm7rn6

— Dave Gershgorn (@davegershgorn) June 10, 2019

May 23: The Reg: Perceptics, a license-plate recognition tech vendor used by US border cops, was hacked https://t.co/FQeDEEWZ14

June 10: WaPo: "US Customs and Border Protection says photos of travelers ... were recently taken in a data breach" – believed to be Perceptics

— The Register (@TheRegister) June 10, 2019

New: U.S. Customs and Border Protection are now confirming "fewer than 100,000 people" were affected by a data breach at a subcontractor.

More details: https://t.co/MTJDAYj2Sv

— Zack Whittaker (@zackwhittaker) June 11, 2019

This, one day after @NYTimes runs an op-ed by NYPD commissioner @NYPDONeill claiming that face recognition "makes you safer" (h/t @LAM_Barrett) https://t.co/0bjNRpPrg3

— Dell Cameron (@dellcam) June 10, 2019

Breached as in ‘evil h@x0rz hacked the planet’ or breached as in ‘we left our MongoDB exposed to the world without a password’?

Nuance difference I know ? https://t.co/pcxitSxiYY

— —(÷[ Nate Warfield ]÷)— (@n0x08) June 10, 2019

Data is not the new oil, it's the new plutonium. https://t.co/BTrtbvva8S

— Jeffrey Vagle (@jvagle) June 10, 2019

Per the Washington Post: "A Microsoft Word document of CBP's public statement, sent Monday to Washington Post reporters, includes the name 'Perceptics' in the title."

Perceptics was hit by hackers just weeks earlier. More in my story: https://t.co/4MMiv8FVoO pic.twitter.com/k0N0PY47wF

— Zack Whittaker (@zackwhittaker) June 10, 2019

Relatedly, CBP has now started collecting social media usernames, and anti-immigrant folks want a mandatory federal registry of workers (E-Verify). https://t.co/sA7wS0sAEr

— Stan Veuger (@stanveuger) June 10, 2019

Hackers hit US customs to steal travelers' photos, license imageshttps://t.co/zhAlIOe2JV

— ❌Joe FreedomLover❌?????? (@JoeFreedomLove) June 11, 2019

Breaking: U.S. Customs and Border Protection has confirmed a subcontractor had a data breach, exposing traveler images and license plate photos. https://t.co/SGrFHkXZMM

h/t @bc_news_addict #USCustoms #databreach
cc: @IdeaGov @iron_light @theresamax @zaibatsu @BarryMotivates

— Shi (@ShiCooks) June 10, 2019

Another reason we don’t need big companies and government keeping databases with our facial recognition data in it!https://t.co/T4CxYUJi3V

— Rashida Tlaib (@RashidaTlaib) June 11, 2019

So you've probably seen this by now. I'm still trying to get more details. It's not immediately clear if it's the CBP's own image database — or if it's the database of facial scans collected by airlines and then provided to CBP.https://t.co/MTJDAYj2Sv

— Zack Whittaker (@zackwhittaker) June 10, 2019

U.S. Customs and Boarder Protection Data Breach...https://t.co/ufsw3Pakub#cbp #customs #databreach #breach #privacy #security #infosec #CyberSecurity

— John Burkett (@Mr_JBurkett) June 11, 2019

US Customs and Border Control says traveler and license plate images were stolen in a data breach: https://t.co/pXJJ4wCved

— Jed Bracy (@JedBracy) June 10, 2019

Cool.

The question we must ask ourselves whenever any personal identifying info, or photos, or fingerprints, or photos, or DNA, or passwords, or whatever, is: what could anyone else do with this stuff?

Because it *will* keep happening. https://t.co/upYci5EqWZ

— Justin Miller (@incanus77) June 10, 2019

I know what you’re thinking, but I’m sure they’ll protect all the social media profile information way better than they did this data. https://t.co/ZjQ1OfmqQu

— Jerry Bell (@Maliciouslink) June 10, 2019

This is worth considering. The org that directly got hacked is officially unnamed, but CBP are the ones that get the headline. Worth thinking about when you're subcontracting, outsourcing, using external providers, etc....https://t.co/IEtzOg6qGi

— leE Brotherston (@synackpse) June 11, 2019

Customs and Border Protection subcontractor gets breached exposing photos &license plates. They violated terms of their contract but this highlights the importance of continuing due diligence on your contractors! They have your client data so check! https://t.co/YFlNfK7GLu

— Lisa Forte (@LisaForteUK) June 11, 2019

Your face is now your boarding pass. And that’s a problem: https://t.co/CTZc4pTCzM

I’ve seen these face-scanning gates at other airports too. Haven’t been asked to use one yet, but if this article is right, I might not have the right to opt-out if I do.

— Val Head (@vlh) June 10, 2019

Facial-recognition tech is unproven and largely unregulated.

Yet airlines are happy to announce rolling it out at gates saves the average passenger … 2 seconds of boarding time.https://t.co/mCux071cmD

— Geoffrey A. Fowler (@geoffreyfowler) June 10, 2019

New @washingtonpost by me:

Now boarding: Big Brother.

Facial recognition has arrived at American airports, sold as an efficiency and convenience.

It’s a privacy trap: https://t.co/lL2u2ru3mU pic.twitter.com/gjRUSKvAUv

— Geoffrey A. Fowler (@geoffreyfowler) June 10, 2019

BEWARE: JetBlue is the latest airline scanning the faces of passengers to expedite boarding.

What this really means: "Privacy-invading technology — the stuff of China’s police state — is creeping into American life," writes @geoffreyfowler https://t.co/KmnZ0plJqC #tech

— Heather Long (@byHeatherLong) June 10, 2019

Last week more than 60 organizations called on Congress to halt the use of facial recognition for immigration and law enforcement purposes. Congress should act now and before the govt's use of these systems causes further harm. https://t.co/mlHyJHanfO https://t.co/CZmEBrBxwa

— Matt Cagle (@Matt_Cagle) June 10, 2019

ah and let's not forget that DHS & CBP are scrambling to implement their “biometric entry-exit system,” with the goal of using facial recognition on more than 100 million passengers traveling on international flights out of the US in as little as 2 years https://t.co/EFElq77VN3 pic.twitter.com/ucpVEWV6Gg

— Davey Alba (@daveyalba) June 10, 2019

This is a bombshell.

Even if you 100% trust the US government with your biometric information (which you shouldn't) this is a reminder that once your face is scanned and stored in a database, it's easily shared across government agencies, stolen by hackers, other governments etc https://t.co/hCThIhwANo

— Evan Greer (@evan_greer) June 10, 2019

A "convenience trap" is a great phrase to describe a situation where we give up something that's actually individually or collectively important, because, well ... it was convenient, so ... https://t.co/3z3w8q8ZtL

— Tim Wu (@superwuster) June 10, 2019

Hacking biometric databases is a top priority for any intelligence origanization. https://t.co/EPqWmVNqje

— ???? ????????? (@alexrblackwell) June 10, 2019

Have you heard of walk and talk therapy? Check it out here. https://t.co/zwGm0qOuLM pic.twitter.com/5NvplhGyOp

— Julia Thomsen (@JuliaThomsen10) June 11, 2019

Every member of the #KKK will vote for Trump. At the same time, Trumpies will say the KKK is solidly Democratic.

Similar to Russia only working to elect Hillary.https://t.co/P2DT8LtZcw

— John Moffitt (@JohnRMoffitt) June 10, 2019

Trump has made 10,796 false or misleading claims over 869 days averaging about 16 fishy claims a day since he crossed the 10,000 threshold in April.https://t.co/Ws5rJ7v8wP from https://t.co/XJTrou0ogD

— ???????????'? ℂ??-?????? (@C_doc_911) June 10, 2019

Her husband has been most vocal against @realDonaldTrump too! Always been a red flag there. He's been called a total loser by POTUS. We know those spotlights well. https://t.co/oR9SXfwm31

— Delta5by5Dawn??? (@Delta5by5Dawn) June 10, 2019

Hey Virginia! Tomorrow is a big day. Virginia is one of only four states with legislative elections this year and the only one where there’s a chance of Democrats flipping control of the legislature. https://t.co/4ptA4PxmkL #VAVotes #VALeg #Virginia #VOTE #GoVote

— Jennifer (@_jdriver) June 10, 2019

The US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency has revealed cyber criminals stole traveller data in a cyber attack on one of its subcontractors https://t.co/GnWpOXZTX7

— IT Pro (@ITPro) June 11, 2019

Hackers Stole a Border Agency Database of Traveler Photos | WIRED https://t.co/PP1EivTebr@archonsec @ChuckDBrooks @mclynd @gvalan @DrJDrooghaag @AlaricAloor @Fabriziobustama @jdelacruz_IoT @StephaneNappo @Bisinmotion

— Philippe Vynckier (@PVynckier) June 11, 2019

Hackers Stole a Border Agency Database of Traveler Photoshttps://t.co/n12nzo72bw#BorderAgency #Privacy #Breach https://t.co/PuLZfPEUKB

— SPCoulson (@SPCoulson) June 11, 2019

Photos of travellers who entered and exited the U.S. were stolen in a data breach https://t.co/0d51GftyCD via @mashable #cybersecurity #databreach #datasecurity #dataprotection #facialrecognition #security #compliance #data #news #tech #privacy #vulnerabilities #homelandsecurity

— Tantivy Consulting (@TantivyUK) June 11, 2019

Photos of travelers who entered and exited the U.S. were stolen in a data breachhttps://t.co/Qcj30SSmo7 pic.twitter.com/8lw0kKOIy9

— FutureShift (@futureshift) June 11, 2019

The crypto ecosystem is so wild, thank god we have the US government to regulate it and keep us safe & secure https://t.co/te3ujzXdqm

— Mike Dudas (@mdudas) June 11, 2019

Now this could be a real test for GDPR and the US facial recognition plans.#gdpr #facialrecognition #cybersecurity #fail #dataprotection #databreach https://t.co/weSyKitzlV https://t.co/kcci2EFnmK

— selufen (@selufen) June 10, 2019

#Cybersecurity Alert: U.S. Customs and Border Protection has confirmed a data breach has involved the photos of passengers traveling in and out of the United States.https://t.co/USEEwzm9dM#USA #customs #border #protection #travel #networksecurity #dmoat

— d.moat Inc (@dmoat_Inc) June 10, 2019

⁦.@TechCrunch⁩ This begs the question: How strict are the CBP’s data protection protocols that vendor could have download such images without its auth or knowledge? CBP says traveler photos and license plate images stolen in data breach – TechCrunch https://t.co/QrXrpsVvkt

— Adam Levin (@Adam_K_Levin) June 10, 2019

"U.S. Customs and Border Protection has confirmed a data breach has exposed the photos of travelers and vehicles traveling in and out of the United States."https://t.co/f887yOkm82#MobileSecurity #Tech #Ransomware #Websecurity #CyberSecurity #hacking #Industry40 #BigData

— US Cybersecurity Mag. (@USCyberMag) June 11, 2019

US Customs and Border Protection subcontractor hack exposes traveler photos, license plates. Read about it in @Cyberscoop https://t.co/7uAVISJcMM #FedIT

— Ixia (@IXIAcom) June 11, 2019

When I was Metro editor of https://t.co/u4LPMEMySM 20+ yrs ago, I strongly believed that a local newsroom, equipped with the right technology, could inform its community and connect buyers and sellers better than anyone. I still do. Maybe now it’s doable. https://t.co/6HLcB0K1nJ

— Dan Froomkin (@froomkin) June 12, 2019

When will ⁦@senrobportman⁩ fess up the truth about the scam he championed?

GOP leader concedes tax cuts may not pay for themselves as 2019 deficit grows - The Washington Post https://t.co/PTtRN1pAFj

— David Pepper (@DavidPepper) June 12, 2019

Hackers Stole a Border Agency Database of Traveler Photoshttps://t.co/mocIh1DCUU

— Chris Parker (@chrispcritters) June 11, 2019

CBP says hackers stole license plate and travelers' photoshttps://t.co/X3z9WoSBew#CBP #Hacking #DataLeak #cyberattack #cybersecurity #photos

— William Harvey (@williamharvey07) June 11, 2019

BORDER AGENCY DATABASE OF TRAVELER PHOTOS STOLLEN #privacy #infosec #cybersecurity #malware #encryption #phishing #trojans #hacking #cybercrime https://t.co/a2GOz7HOLF

— 〰 Ꮹ 천사 〰 (@UnequalG) June 10, 2019

Hackers Stole a US Border Agency Database of Traveler Photos https://t.co/C2jtDzaqNA

— Tactical Tech (@Info_Activism) June 11, 2019