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Judge rules Flock plate search unconstitutional 'mass surveillance'

A federal judge called warrantless Flock ALPR searches 'indiscriminate mass surveillance,' while AWS Loom flaws hit CVSS 10.0 and Exchange EoP lands at 8.8.

๐Ÿ•ต๏ธ RESEARCH & DEEP DIVES

  • Federal judge rules Flock license plate search was unconstitutional 'indiscriminate mass surveillance'
    An Oklahoma federal judge ruled that a warrantless Flock license plate reader search violated the Fourth Amendment.
    • Applies to Flock Safety's nationwide ALPR network, used by law enforcement with 120,000+ cameras scanning 20 billion vehicles monthly
    • A Tulsa County deputy searched a woman's plate in Flock's system solely because it was from California, then used her month-long travel history to justify a car search that found 91 pounds of meth
    • Judge Sara Hill ruled the warrantless ALPR search was 'indiscriminate mass surveillance' approaching 'dragnet-type law enforcement practice' and ordered all evidence thrown out
    • Audit logs show more than 100,000 warrantless Flock searches occur every month
    • The ruling came the same day Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez, and Merkley introduced the Ban Flock Act to prohibit federal ALPR use and defund state and local contracts
    Sources ๐Ÿ“„ Source: storage.courtlistener.com ยท ๐Ÿ“Ž Coverage: 404media.co ยท ๐Ÿ‘ via 404 Media

๐Ÿ”“ CVEs & KEV

  • CVE-2026-103956 โ€” AWS loom โ€” CVSS 10.0 โ€” Missing authentication for critical function in Loom for AWSMissing authentic...

  • CVE-2026-104019 โ€” AWS sagemaker-distribution โ€” CVSS 9.3 โ€” OS command injection in the Studio Space startup validation script in Amazon ...

  • CVE-2026-96940 โ€” Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 Cumulative Update 23 โ€” CVSS 8.8 โ€” Microsoft Exchange Server Elevation of Privilege VulnerabilityWeak authorizat...

  • CVE-2026-103958 โ€” AWS loom โ€” CVSS 8.3 โ€” Server-side request forgery in the tool server and remote agent connection ha...

  • CVE-2026-103957 โ€” AWS loom โ€” CVSS 8.2 โ€” Server-side request forgery in the OAuth2 discovery handling in Loom for AWSS...

  • CVE-2026-104988 โ€” Red Hat Certificate System 10 โ€” CVSS 8.1 โ€” Pki-core: dogtag-pki: redhat-pki: pki: est fullcmc authentication bypass allo...

๐Ÿ“‹ ADVISORIES

  • ๐Ÿ“„ Source for CSRF vulnerability CVE-2026-39718 disclosed in Webriti Wallstreet WordPress theme through 2.8.6 โ€” patchstack.com

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