{"id":1789200,"date":"2022-12-28T19:18:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-29T00:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1789200"},"modified":"2022-12-28T19:18:16","modified_gmt":"2022-12-29T00:18:16","slug":"unbelievable-biometric-device-with-identities-of-u-s-servicemen-afghan-allies-sold-on-ebay-for-68-report-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/unbelievable-biometric-device-with-identities-of-u-s-servicemen-afghan-allies-sold-on-ebay-for-68-report-says\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Unbelievable\u2019: Report Says That a Biometric Device With Identities of U.S. Soldiers, Afghan Allies Was Sold On Ebay For $68,"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">40<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Funbelievable-biometric-device-with-identities-of-u-s-servicemen-afghan-allies-sold-on-ebay-for-68-report-says%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1789200&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/u-s-military\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U.S. military<\/a> The device was used to record and store information about military personnel, Afghanis who served with the U.S., terrorists and other individuals. According to reports, it was found on an online auction platform and sold for $68.<\/p>\n<p>Matthias Marx, a German security researcher, was the purchaser. According to the report, Marx and his team bought the device, also known as a Secure Electronic Enrollment kit (SEEK II), from eBay in August. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/12\/27\/technology\/for-sale-on-ebay-a-military-database-of-fingerprints-and-iris-scans.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers had received reports that biometric devices were being used by the Taliban following the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan last year. To assess the potential risk to thousands of Afghanis who served with the U.S. military for its 20-year occupation, the researchers studied the machines.<\/p>\n<p>Marx and his colleagues also bought five additional biometric devices via eBay. One other thing they mentioned was that they discovered sensitive information about U.S. military personnel. This device was last used by the U.S. servicemen in Jordan in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe irresponsible handling of this high-risk technology is unbelievable,\u201d Marx spoke to Times. \u201cIt is incomprehensible to us that the manufacturer and former military users do not care that used devices with sensitive data are being hawked online.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Marx granted the Times access to the SEEK II information. It contained unencrypted identifying information that included retinal scans as well as fingerprints for approximately 2,632 people. According to the Times this device was last used 10 years ago in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was disturbing that they didn\u2019t even try to protect the data,\u201d Marx said. \u201cThey didn\u2019t care about the risk, or they ignored the risk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. military couldn&#8217;t verify the information reported on the biometric scan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause we have not reviewed the information contained on the devices, the department is not able to confirm the authenticity of the alleged data or otherwise comment on it,\u201d Brig. In a statement, Gen. Patrick S. Ryder stated. \u201cThe department requests that any devices thought to contain personally identifiable information be returned for further analysis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On August 30, 2021, the U.S. pulled its last troops out of Afghanistan. This ended a 20-year occupation. The U.S. intelligence and military apparatus suffered a reputational blow due to the chaotic and bloody withdrawal. Hundreds of Americans, thousands of the U.S. military\u2019s Afghan allies, and millions of dollars-worth of U.S. military equipment was left behind.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. also lost 13 servicemen in a terror attack on Kabul\u2019s Hamid Karzai International Airport, the final headquarters of the U.S. withdrawal as the Taliban blitzed and conquered the country behind the departing Americans. An attempt to counteract a suspected terrorist, U.S. bombed a Afghan aid worker. Ten civilians were killed, seven of them children.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis strike was taken in the earnest belief that it would prevent an imminent threat to forces at the airport,\u201d Gen. Frank McKenzie heads U.S. Central Command. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/09\/17\/tragic-mistake-us-drone-strike-512586\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> afterward. \u201cOur investigation now concludes that the strike was a tragic mistake.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One of the equipment found in Afghanistan was believed to include biometric scanners, and other devices that stored sensitive information on U.S. soldiers. The Taliban could use the devices to identify potential thousands of Afghanis who helped the U.S. military, and who were left behind by the withdrawal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe processed thousands of locals a day, had to ID, sweep for suicide vests, weapons, intel gathering, etc.\u201d An American military contractor spoke <a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2021\/08\/17\/afghanistan-taliban-military-biometrics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Intercept<\/a> In August 2021. Handheld Interagency Identity Detection Equipment (HIIDE) \u201cwas used as a biometric ID tool to help ID locals working for the coalition.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A U.S. military device used to record and store information on military personnel, Afghanis who worked with the U.S. military, terrorists, and others reportedly turned up on an online auction platform and was sold for $68. The purchaser is German security researcher Matthias Marx. Marx and his team purchased the device, known as a Secure &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":1789203,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[12279,12283,6782,8066,12282,6202,10105,12280,12281,3819,9395,4187,7238,6195],"class_list":["post-1789200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-unbelievable","tag-12283","tag-afghan","tag-allies","tag-biometric","tag-daily","tag-device","tag-ebay","tag-identities","tag-report","tag-sold","tag-soldiers","tag-u-s","tag-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1789200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/70"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1789200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1789200\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1789203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1789200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1789200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1789200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}