A company with a database of billions of human faces has been attacked by hackers

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28. 2. 2020

Clearview AI has 3 billion photos in its database, collected from Twitter, for example, Facebookor YouTube. The company, whose clients include, for example, United States government agencies, is currently facing a major problem. Hackers have managed to get into the company's client list. However, according to a company spokesperson, the servers were not attacked. Agencies use the company, for example, to identify the faces of people suspected of criminal activity.

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