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Clearview AI has billions of our photos. Its entire client list was just stolen | #CyberSecurity #FacialRecognition #DataBreaches

Clearview AI has billions of our photos. Its entire client list was just stolen | #CyberSecurity #FacialRecognition #DataBreaches | ICT Security-Sécurité PC et Internet | Scoop.it

New York (CNN Business)Clearview AI, a startup that compiles billions of photos for facial recognition technology, said it lost its entire client list to hackers.

The company said it has patched the unspecified flaw that allowed the breach to happen.
In a statement, Clearview AI's attorney Tor Ekeland said that while security is the company's top priority, "unfortunately, data breaches are a part of life. Our servers were never accessed." He added that the company continues to strengthen its security procedures and that the flaw has been patched.
Clearview AI continues "to work to strengthen our security," Ekeland said.


In a notification sent to customers obtained by Daily Beast, Clearview AI said that an intruder "gained unauthorized access" to its customer list, which includes police forces, law enforcement agencies and banks. The company said that the person didn't obtain any search histories conducted by customers, which include some police forces.

 

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New York (CNN Business)Clearview AI, a startup that compiles billions of photos for facial recognition technology, said it lost its entire client list to hackers.

The company said it has patched the unspecified flaw that allowed the breach to happen.
In a statement, Clearview AI's attorney Tor Ekeland said that while security is the company's top priority, "unfortunately, data breaches are a part of life. Our servers were never accessed." He added that the company continues to strengthen its security procedures and that the flaw has been patched.
Clearview AI continues "to work to strengthen our security," Ekeland said.


In a notification sent to customers obtained by Daily Beast, Clearview AI said that an intruder "gained unauthorized access" to its customer list, which includes police forces, law enforcement agencies and banks. The company said that the person didn't obtain any search histories conducted by customers, which include some police forces.

 

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https://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?&tag=Facial+Recognition

 

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Gesichtserkennung: Clearview AI verkauft fragwürdige Technik an US-Behörden | #ETHICS #Privacy

Gesichtserkennung: Clearview AI verkauft fragwürdige Technik an US-Behörden | #ETHICS #Privacy | ICT Security-Sécurité PC et Internet | Scoop.it

Das Start-up Clearview AI war der Öffentlichkeit bisher so gut wie unbekannt, und das war durchaus so gewollt. Die kleine Firma hat eine offenbar gut funktionierende, aber auf zahlreichen Ebenen problematische Gesichtserkennungstechnologie an Hunderte Polizeibehörden in den USA verkauft. Nun hat die "New York Times" dafür gesorgt, dass Clearview zum Inbegriff aller Befürchtungen wird, die mit Gesichtserkennung einhergehen. Die Zeitung schreibt vom potenziellen "Ende der Privatsphäre, wie wir sie kennen".

Revolutionär ist an der Technik eigentlich nichts, sie besteht aus lauter Versatzstücken, die es anderswo auch schon gibt. Aber im Zusammenspiel funktioniert sie so gut, dass Ermittler die Software gern und nach eigenem Bekunden auch erfolgreich einsetzen.

Sie müssen dazu nur ein einziges Bild eines Gesuchten bei Clearview hochladen – egal, ob das Bild frontal aufgenommen wurde und ob die Person zum Beispiel eine Sonnenbrille oder einen Hut trägt. Das Bild wird in ein mathematisches Modell des Gesichts umgerechnet, so wie es im Prinzip auch Apples Gesichtserkennung Face ID macht. Dieses Modell wird gegen eine Datenbank abgeglichen - und die hat es in sich: Angeblich besitzt die Firma Clearview eine Sammlung aus drei Milliarden Fotos, die sie ohne Erlaubnis von Facebook, Instagram, YouTube "und Millionen anderen Websites" per Scraping heruntergeladen haben soll.

Diese Fotos werden ebenfalls in mathematische Modelle umgewandelt und bei hinreichender Ähnlichkeit zum hochgeladenen Bild als mögliche Treffer angezeigt, mitsamt den Links zu den jeweiligen Quellen. Das ermöglicht eine schnelle Identifizierung.

 

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Das Start-up Clearview AI war der Öffentlichkeit bisher so gut wie unbekannt, und das war durchaus so gewollt. Die kleine Firma hat eine offenbar gut funktionierende, aber auf zahlreichen Ebenen problematische Gesichtserkennungstechnologie an Hunderte Polizeibehörden in den USA verkauft. Nun hat die "New York Times" dafür gesorgt, dass Clearview zum Inbegriff aller Befürchtungen wird, die mit Gesichtserkennung einhergehen. Die Zeitung schreibt vom potenziellen "Ende der Privatsphäre, wie wir sie kennen".

Revolutionär ist an der Technik eigentlich nichts, sie besteht aus lauter Versatzstücken, die es anderswo auch schon gibt. Aber im Zusammenspiel funktioniert sie so gut, dass Ermittler die Software gern und nach eigenem Bekunden auch erfolgreich einsetzen.

Sie müssen dazu nur ein einziges Bild eines Gesuchten bei Clearview hochladen – egal, ob das Bild frontal aufgenommen wurde und ob die Person zum Beispiel eine Sonnenbrille oder einen Hut trägt. Das Bild wird in ein mathematisches Modell des Gesichts umgerechnet, so wie es im Prinzip auch Apples Gesichtserkennung Face ID macht. Dieses Modell wird gegen eine Datenbank abgeglichen - und die hat es in sich: Angeblich besitzt die Firma Clearview eine Sammlung aus drei Milliarden Fotos, die sie ohne Erlaubnis von Facebook, Instagram, YouTube "und Millionen anderen Websites" per Scraping heruntergeladen haben soll.

Diese Fotos werden ebenfalls in mathematische Modelle umgewandelt und bei hinreichender Ähnlichkeit zum hochgeladenen Bild als mögliche Treffer angezeigt, mitsamt den Links zu den jeweiligen Quellen. Das ermöglicht eine schnelle Identifizierung.

 

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http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?&tag=Facial+Recognition

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Facial Recognition Rated Far More Ineffective Than Touch ID by Hackers | #CyberSecurity #Awareness

Facial Recognition Rated Far More Ineffective Than Touch ID by Hackers | #CyberSecurity #Awareness | ICT Security-Sécurité PC et Internet | Scoop.it
Facial recognition was rated as the worst tool for authentication by a fifth of respondents in a recent survey of the hacking community—six times more often than fingerprint authentication.

It’s an interesting insight given the new iPhone’s shift to face-recognition security. In fact, facial recognition (19%) was ranked the second-worst tool overall, according to the Bitglass Data Games: Security Blind Spots report, which surveyed 129 white hat and black hat hackers that attended Black Hat 2017. Password-protected documents (33%) were ranked as the least effective security tool.

Other problematic approaches in the hackers’ view were access controls in general (15.5%); mobile device management and network firewalls (11.6% each). Fingerprint authentication was seen as an ineffective tool by only 3.1%.

 

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Facial recognition was rated as the worst tool for authentication by a fifth of respondents in a recent survey of the hacking community—six times more often than fingerprint authentication.

It’s an interesting insight given the new iPhone’s shift to face-recognition security. In fact, facial recognition (19%) was ranked the second-worst tool overall, according to the Bitglass Data Games: Security Blind Spots report, which surveyed 129 white hat and black hat hackers that attended Black Hat 2017. Password-protected documents (33%) were ranked as the least effective security tool.

Other problematic approaches in the hackers’ view were access controls in general (15.5%); mobile device management and network firewalls (11.6% each). Fingerprint authentication was seen as an ineffective tool by only 3.1%.

 

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Privacy | Facial recognition - coming soon to a shopping mall near you

Privacy | Facial recognition - coming soon to a shopping mall near you | ICT Security-Sécurité PC et Internet | Scoop.it

Forget monitoring customers' smartphones. Technology giant NEC's Hong Kong branch is promoting a small, "easy to install" appliance which will enable businesses to monitor their customers based on facial recognition.


From a recent NEC press release:

The new Mobile Facial Recognition Appliance enables organizations in any industry to offer an ultra-personalized customer experience by recognizing the face of each and every customer as soon as they set foot on the premises.


Face recognition is becoming ever more sophisticated and accurate, bringing automated detection and tracking of people by the way they look within reach of all sorts of people.

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For law enforcement this technology is, of course, a dream. Despite limited success in the real world, any modern conspiracy thriller worth its salt includes a scene where creepily intrusive/heroically hardworking forces of law and order are shown to be able to find anyone passing near any security camera, and follow them around with minimal effort.

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Face recognition is becoming ever more sophisticated and accurate, bringing automated detection and tracking of people by the way they look within reach of all sorts of people.


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Umstrittene Gesichtserkennungssoftware: Hacker stehlen Kundenliste von Clearview | #AI #FacialRecognition #CyberSecurity #DataBreaches 

Umstrittene Gesichtserkennungssoftware: Hacker stehlen Kundenliste von Clearview | #AI #FacialRecognition #CyberSecurity #DataBreaches  | ICT Security-Sécurité PC et Internet | Scoop.it

Das umstrittene US-Interunternehmen Clearview AI, das sich auf Gesichtserkennungstechnologie spezialisiert hat, hat seine gesamte Kundenliste an Hacker verloren. Dies berichtet der Sender CNN unter Berufung auf das Unternehmen. Die Firma ist in der Kritik, weil mit ihrer Software sehr einfach Menschen auf Fotos identifiziert werden können.

 

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https://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?&tag=Facial+Recognition

 

https://www.scoop.it/topic/securite-pc-et-internet/?&tag=Clearview

 

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Das umstrittene US-Interunternehmen Clearview AI, das sich auf Gesichtserkennungstechnologie spezialisiert hat, hat seine gesamte Kundenliste an Hacker verloren. Dies berichtet der Sender CNN unter Berufung auf das Unternehmen. Die Firma ist in der Kritik, weil mit ihrer Software sehr einfach Menschen auf Fotos identifiziert werden können.

 

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https://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?&tag=Facial+Recognition

 

https://www.scoop.it/topic/securite-pc-et-internet/?&tag=Clearview

 

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New Data Breach Has Exposed Millions Of Fingerprint And Facial Recognition Records: Report | #CyberSecurity #Biometrics #DataBreaches

New Data Breach Has Exposed Millions Of Fingerprint And Facial Recognition Records: Report | #CyberSecurity #Biometrics #DataBreaches | ICT Security-Sécurité PC et Internet | Scoop.it

It has been coming for some time, but now the major breach of a biometric database has actually been reported—facial recognition records, fingerprints, log data and personal information has all been found on "a publicly accessible database." The damage is not yet clear, but the report claims that actual fingerprints and facial recognition records for millions of people have been exposed.

The issue with biometric data being stored in this way is that, unlike usernames and passwords, it cannot be changed. Once it’s compromised, it’s compromised. And for that reason this breach report will sound all kinds of alarms.

The report published by security researches Noam Rotem and Ran Locar at Vpnmentor relates to Suprema, a company describing itself as a "global Powerhouse in biometrics, security and identity solutions," with a product range that "includes biometric access control systems, time and attendance solutions, fingerprint live scanners, mobile authentication solutions and embedded fingerprint modules."

 

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https://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?&tag=DATA-BREACHES

 

https://www.scoop.it/topic/securite-pc-et-internet/?&tag=biometrics

 

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It has been coming for some time, but now the major breach of a biometric database has actually been reported—facial recognition records, fingerprints, log data and personal information has all been found on "a publicly accessible database." The damage is not yet clear, but the report claims that actual fingerprints and facial recognition records for millions of people have been exposed.

The issue with biometric data being stored in this way is that, unlike usernames and passwords, it cannot be changed. Once it’s compromised, it’s compromised. And for that reason this breach report will sound all kinds of alarms.

The report published by security researches Noam Rotem and Ran Locar at Vpnmentor relates to Suprema, a company describing itself as a "global Powerhouse in biometrics, security and identity solutions," with a product range that "includes biometric access control systems, time and attendance solutions, fingerprint live scanners, mobile authentication solutions and embedded fingerprint modules."

 

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https://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?&tag=DATA-BREACHES

 

https://www.scoop.it/topic/securite-pc-et-internet/?&tag=biometrics

 

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Coca-Cola Is Using Facial Recognition Technology On Fridges In Australia To Sell More Drinks | Privacy

Coca-Cola Is Using Facial Recognition Technology On Fridges In Australia To Sell More Drinks | Privacy | ICT Security-Sécurité PC et Internet | Scoop.it
Coke is trialling biometrics and facial recognition technology to increase its drink sales in Australia.


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Coca-Cola Is Using Facial Recognition Technology On Fridges In Australia To Sell More Drinks | Privacy

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Massive FBI facial recognition database raises privacy fears

Massive FBI facial recognition database raises privacy fears | ICT Security-Sécurité PC et Internet | Scoop.it

The FBI is building a massive facial recognition database that could contain as many as 52 million images by 2015, including 4.3 million non-criminal images, according to information obtained by th...







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