A little-known policing app credited with helping more than 60 law enforcement departments conduct multi-agency raids may have leaked confidential data about those raids, suspects not yet convicted of crimes, and, in some cases, the very officers involved in the operations, to the open internet.
The leaks, according to a Wednesday Wired 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. Gizmodo could not independently verify Wired’s findings.
