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US Customs and Border Protection’s database of traveler photos was hacked and stolen — BuzzFeed

A subcontractor with the US Customs and Border Protection agency has suffered a data breach that has exposed the photos of travelers traveling in and out of the United States, writes Davey Alba and Hamed Aleaziz.

Here is the link: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/daveyalba/the-us-governments-database-of-traveler-photos-has-been

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