Reported Australian biometric data breach prompts arrest and hysteria

An apparent data breach of personal information including face biometrics of about a million Australians has been reported, and an arrest made.

People claiming to be former developers for Outabox in the Philippines created a website claiming they have “facial recognition biometric, driver licence [sic] scan, signature, club membership data, address, birthday, phone number, club visit timestamps, slot machine usage” data. It also says the hack is a response to Outabox’ failure to pay them for 18 months.

The data …

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