A flaw in the app's API reportedly let anyone with a specific URL view data on officers, suspects, and the operations they were engaged in.
report, involve an app called SweepWizard developed by ODIN Intelligence. SweepWizard
may have leaked personally identifying information on hundreds of officers and thousands of suspects. Those details include the time of raids, geographic coordinates of suspects’ homes, individuals’ demographic information, and, in some cases, suspects’ Social Security numbers. When combined, the report notes, those and other details could potentially be used to tip off suspects to a potential raid.
“ODIN Intelligence Inc. takes security very seriously.” ODIN Intelligence CEO, Erik McCauley said in a statement sent to Wired. “We have and are thoroughly investigating these claims. Thus far, we have been unable to reproduce the alleged security compromise to any ODIN system. In the event that any evidence of a compromise of ODIN or SweepWizard security has occurred, we will take appropriate action.
The alleged SweepWizard exposure highlights the potential pitfalls of an increasingly common law enforcement practice: outsourcing policing efforts to small, private companies. From local police to the
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