IG: CBP Responsible for 2019 Biometrics Breach, Though No Federal Networks Were Compromised

NextGov: Customs and Border Protection agency networks were not compromised in a 2019 contractor breach that resulted in the theft of images of travelers faces and other sensitive data, but that does not mean the agency is not at least partially at fault, according to the inspector general.

The same month a Government Accountability Office report slammed CBP for lax security and poor transparency in its airport facial recognition system, the agency’s inspector general on Monday released an in-depth review of a breach of facial images collected through the license plate reader program.

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