By Annie Palmer For Dailymail.com
Published: 18:33 BST, 14 June 2019 | Updated: 18:33 BST, 14 June 2019
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Thousands of photos of drivers have become available for download on the dark web, following a 'major' breach of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
Many of the photos clearly show the drivers' faces, as well as license plate and car make-and-model, according to Motherboard.
It comes after, just a few days earlier, CBP officials said there was no evidence that the hacked images had been uploaded to the dark web.
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Thousands of photos of drivers have become available for download on the dark web, following a 'major' breach of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
US Customs and Border Protection revealed earlier this week that a data breach had resulted in photos and videos of travelers and vehicles being exposed.
CBP said it affected 'fewer than 100,000 people,' as the images were taken from a single lane at a border checkpoint.
The data was stolen from a government subcontractor's company network.
'On May 31, 2019, CBP learned that a subcontractor, in violation of CBP policies and
