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Systems used by courts and governments across the US riddled with vulnerabilities
With hundreds of courts and agencies affected, chances are one near you is, too.
Over the past year, software developer turned security researcher Jason Parker has found and reported dozens of critical vulnerabilities in no fewer than 19 commercial platforms used by hundreds of courts, government agencies, and police departments across the country. The number of vulnerabilities—mostly stemming from weak permission controls, poor validation of user inputs, and faulty authentication processes—demonstrate a lack of due care in ensuring the trustworthiness of the systems millions of citizens rely on every day. Word of the vulnerabilities comes four months after the discovery of a malicious backdoor surreptitiously planted in a component of the JAVS Suite 8, an application package that 10,000 courtrooms around the world use to record, play back, and manage audio and video from legal proceedings.
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