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Thursday, September 10, 2015

City of Boston's license plate reader database was online in plain text with no password protection

Posted: 08 Sep 2015 09:00 PM PDT
The Boston Transportation Department has been operating a license plate tracking program seeking to identify parking scofflaws, people with expired insurance, stolen cars, and even people suspected of gang and terrorist ties, according to recently discovered documents. Up until a few weeks ago, this sensitive information about thousands of people, including every person with a Boston resident parking permit, was stored online in plain text for the world to see.

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