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According to The New York Times, the old US military equipment that was being sold on eBay had
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biometric data from soldiers, known terrorists, as well as people who may have worked in Afghanistan or other Middle East countries.
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A group of hackers purchased the devices and found fingerprints, iris scans, photos, and descriptions.
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All this was unencrypted, protected by a default password, and all without a documented process.
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The hackers wrote that it was "downright boring" to get at sensitive data, given the ease with which they could read, copy and analyze.
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The Chaos Computer Club bought six devices in total.
Two devices, both Secure Electronic Enrollment Kits (or SEEK IIs), had data left on their memory cards.