Jan 18, 2020
Thousands of Chinese Students’ Data Exposed on Internet
Posted by Omuterema Akhahenda in categories: cybercrime/malcode, education, internet, surveillance
A Chinese facial-recognition database with information on thousands of children was stored without protection on the internet, a researcher discovered, raising questions about school surveillance and cybersecurity in China.
The cache was connected to a surveillance system labeled “Safe School Shield” and contained facial-identification and location data, according to Victor Gevers, a researcher at the Dutch nonprofit GDI Foundation, which scans the internet for vulnerabilities and flags them to owners for fixing.