A US military device containing military data such as fingerprints and iris data for thousands of people will be bid for less than 10,000 yen
The US military collects biometric information such as fingerprints and irises from soldiers and people in Afghanistan, compares it with their behavioral history, and uses it to determine the degree of danger. The military device ' SEEK II ', which collected and managed this biometric information, was put up for sale on the Internet auction site eBay. As a result of a German research team actually bidding for SEEK II, it turned out that the device stored biometric information and location information for thousands of people. In addition, SEEK II is not password protected, and it has been pointed out that there is a risk of information being misused by forces such as the Taliban.
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For Sale on eBay: A Military Database of Fingerprints and Iris Scans - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/27/technology/for-sale-on-ebay-a-military-database-of-fingerprints-and-iris-scans.html
SEEK II sold on eBay is below. According to the research team, SEEK II was used by soldiers of NATO member countries such as the United States and Germany to collect biometric information of soldiers and civilians.
An example of using SEEK II looks like this. First, read your fingerprint with the fingerprint sensor.
Next, bring the SEEK II closer to the subject's eyes and read the iris information.
In addition, personal information such as the subject's affiliation, weight, and age is manually entered. This information was sent to a server installed in the United States and used to determine the degree of risk.
As mentioned above, SEEK II contains highly sophisticated personal information. However, security expert Matthias Marx found SEEK II for sale on eBay. The device was successfully bid for only $ 68 (about 9100 yen).
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As a result of the research team's analysis of five SEEK IIs, including SEEK II obtained by Mr. Marx, SEEK II is not password protected, and with a few button presses the names and photos of soldiers belonging to the US military , fingerprints, and iris information could be viewed. Among the available data were those of intelligence officers attached to the United States Marine Corps. In addition, it has been found that SEEK II stores location information and can be connected via the Internet to the biometric information database (ABIS) managed by the US Department of Defense.
One of the SEEK IIs analyzed had data for about 2,600 people stored. Each data was labeled as 'data collected by national security forces', 'police officials', and 'military officials'. The research team said, ``If a biometric scanner (such as SEEK II) is in the hands of the Taliban, it will be possible to accurately determine whether people are supporters of the Taliban,'' SEEK II said. are sounding the alarm bells about the ready availability of
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