Hacktivists claim to expose facial recognition used by Iranian regime to catch dissenters

[Tall Timbers]

A hacktivist group says it has breached a software system that the Iranian authorities have allegedly been using to surveil the country’s citizens, including a facial recognition tool for video surveillance.

The group, called GhostSec, has exposed approximately 26GB of data, including source code.

Among the exposed pieces of software is Behnama, a video surveillance system with facial recognition capabilities. The system was initially deployed across branches of Pasargad Bank. The software has since been used by other companies.

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A hacker group claims to have uncovered source code for Iranian surveillance systems, including facial recognition, used to enforce authoritarian laws.

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As the govmints of the world become increasingly oppressive, it'll be interesting to see an uptick in citizen cyber warriors doing what they can to foil the tools that enable the oppression. With the source code, countermeasures could likely be developed and made public.

 

[mattfivefour]

White hatters seem to have been quite active recently in various parts of the world. Wonderful!

 

[Ghoti Ichthus]

A hacktivist group says it has breached a software system that the Iranian authorities have allegedly been using to surveil the country’s citizens, including a facial recognition tool for video surveillance.

The group, called GhostSec, has exposed approximately 26GB of data, including source code.

Among the exposed pieces of software is Behnama, a video surveillance system with facial recognition capabilities. The system was initially deployed across branches of Pasargad Bank. The software has since been used by other companies.

Hacktivists claim to expose facial recognition used by Iranian regime to catch dissenters | Biometric Update

A hacker group claims to have uncovered source code for Iranian surveillance systems, including facial recognition, used to enforce authoritarian laws.

www.biometricupdate.com

As the govmints of the world become increasingly oppressive, it'll be interesting to see an uptick in citizen cyber warriors doing what they can to foil the tools that enable the oppression. With the source code, countermeasures could likely be developed and made public.

Wonder if that's the system the bank I use locally uses. Tellers and bankers I've never met before greet me by name when I walk in and when I approach the teller window. No ID shown, but they know who I am, and it's not as if I'm publicly "known" or recognized.

 

[Tall Timbers]

Wonder if that's the system the bank I use locally uses. Tellers and bankers I've never met before greet me by name when I walk in and when I approach the teller window. No ID shown, but they know who I am, and it's not as if I'm publicly "known" or recognized.

That's a little too much for me. I rarely go inside a bank... maybe once every year or two. I would be a bit uncomfortable with strangers greeting me by name before I've given them my credentials.

 

[Ghoti Ichthus]

Since it's bank employees, who have access to my info and accounts, anyway, it's kind of a wash.

i've noticed they don't do it if anyone else is inside the bank unless behind closed doors.