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Customs and Border Protection Database of Border Traveler Information Hacked in ‘Malicious Cyberattack’

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The database reportedly had images of license plates.

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Customs and Border Protection on Monday said a subcontractor was the target of a “malicious cyberattack” that compromised a database of “travelers and vehicles” that crossed the southern U.S.

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