According to a recent report by the New York Times, in the last month an unusual online sale was generated on the renowned electronic trading platform, eBay, which is of great concern to the United States government, since a valuable device that contained biometric data and descriptions accessible after the breach of weak passwords, fell into the hands of major hackers.
Confidential information
The information from the aforementioned New York media indicates that in the hands of the pirates is classified and confidential data of troops in general and of members of said forces who provided military services in Afghanistan and in other Middle Eastern countries where warfare took place.
But not only the data is about people from the US military, as the data, incredibly acquired by a simple internet purchase, also has information about some terrorists, their location and modus operandi, which puts in great danger that it will be discovered for long periods of time. years of intelligence
Cybercriminals now claim to have biometric data in their possession, including fingerprints and iris scans, as well as images and descriptions of individuals. They also pointed out that the information was not properly encrypted and that they accessed it after breaking weak passwords.
The US military used such equipment approximately ten years ago to collect biometric information at checkpoints and during patrols. Two of the devices had data on their memory cards. One of the units contained the names of 2,632 people and “highly confidential biometric entries” that would have been collected in 2012.
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easy purchase
Hackers from the Chaos Computer Club group were awarded the purchase of six United States Army computers with biometric information and according to the New York Times, paid just under $70 each. The company that sold those devices on eBay had previously purchased them at auction and apparently did not know they contained sensitive military information.
