Thousands of ID cards plus CCTV snaps of suspects found online
A UK-based physical security business let its guard down, exposing nearly 1.3 million documents via a public-facing database, according to an infosec researcher.they stumbled upon a trove of data belonging to Amberstone Security, which included thousands of pictures of its guards as well as pictures of individuals suspected of offenses including shoplifting.
Among the exposed data, which dates back to 2017, was a folder containing 99,151 snapshots of guards checking in for their shifts, either by using a picture of themselves, their ID cards, or both. The pictures taken of the ID cards displayed basic information such as their name, headshot, and the card's expiry date. In rare cases, it showed their signature too.
"One hypothetical example of a risk scenario would be if criminals used the exposed information such as the guard's names, photographs, and license numbers to impersonate security personnel or gain unauthorized access to a secure facility for criminal purposes. This could potentially lead to aExposing a database in any case would present obvious privacy risks, and these are amplified if the exposed data ties an individual to a suspected crime, which was the case in this incident.
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