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Hackers breach US license plate scanning company

One of the US’s most widely used vehicle license plate reader (LPR) companies, Perceptics, is reportedly investigating a data breach.

For 2 years, welfare investigators used a huge database of automated license plate reader images to sniff out fraud, without audit or policy.

Beyond potential police surveillance, the plates could be as susceptible to hacking as other wireless and IoT technologies.

The EFF has found more than 100 ALPR cameras streaming live, “often with totally open Web pages accessible by anyone with a browser.”