The FBI Wants ‘Near Real-Time’ Access to US License Plate Readers
2026-05-23T20:52:13Z•842233704481d6a3928f041e5030c8b5911b7b63d78845bd3e03a0baf7d36ad5
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What happened
A round-up of recent Wired security reporting: the FBI is pushing for near–real-time access to license-plate reader (LPR) data while a bipartisan congressional amendment would effectively end routine police LPR tracking; Google published a live exploit for an unpatched flaw; GitHub and hundreds of organizations are being targeted in a large-scale software supply-chain campaign attributed to TeamPCP; thousands of Vibe‑coded apps are leaking sensitive corporate and personal data on the open web; Foxconn and many organizations continue to suffer high-impact ransomware and supply‑chain incidents (
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- 2026-05-23T20:52:13Z
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