The website of ODIN Intelligence, which provides technology and tools to law enforcement and police, was defaced on Sunday.
The apparent hack involved a serious security vulnerability in SweepWizard, an app developed by Wired, which allows police to manage and coordinate multi-agency investigations, which could expose the personal information of police suspects and future policing activities. It comes just days after we reported that confidential information about us was exposed. open web.
ODIN provides apps such as SweepWizard and other technologies to law enforcement agencies. It also offers a service called SONAR, or Sex Offender Notification and Registration System, which state and local law enforcement agencies use to remotely manage registered sex offenders. However, the company has been the subject of controversy. Last year, ODIN was found touting facial recognition technology to identify homeless people, describing their capabilities in callous and degrading terms.
It’s not clear who defaced ODIN’s website or how the intruder got there, but a message was left quoting ODIN founder and CEO Erik McCauley.
A message left on the ODIN website said, “So we decided to hack them.
The ODIN Intelligence website defacement message spells ACAB, an acronym for “All Cops Are Bastards.” Image credit: TechCrunch (screenshot)
The text of the tampering is vague as to whether the hackers stole data from ODIN’s system or claimed that “all data and backups were shredded” and attempted to wipe the company’s data store. suggests that it may have However, the tampering note has three large archive files, totaling over 16 gigabytes of data for him, each named in reference to his ODIN, sex offender data, and his SweepWizard app. It has been tagged and hackers at least have company data.
The tampering also included a set of Amazon Web Services keys apparently belonging to ODIN. TechCrunch couldn’t immediately confirm that the key belongs to his ODIN, but the key apparently belongs to his GovCloud on his AWS, which stores more sensitive police and law enforcement data. Corresponds to the instance above.
ODIN’s chief executive, Erik McCauley, did not return an email from TechCrunch asking questions about the defacement and apparent violations, but ODIN’s defaced website was quickly taken offline.
