EU BORDER SYSTEM HAS THOUSANDS OF CRITICAL VULNERABILITIES

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Thousands of vulnerabilities were discovered in the Schengen Information System II (SIS II), which is used by EU border agencies to track illegal migrants and suspected criminals. An audit by the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) found that the system contained an excessive amount of accounts with administrative privileges, was vulnerable to hacker overload and unauthorized access, and that 69 external employees had access without proper clearance. The EDPS found no evidence of a breach but warned that a breach could be catastrophic.