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

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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