While the Department of Homeland Security has looked to step up its use of drones to patrol the U.S.-Mexico border, lax security policies have left the collected data vulnerable to hackers and insider threats, a new audit finds. IT systems used by the Customs and Border Protection to share drone-gathered data are “at increased risk of compromise by trusted insiders and external sources” because of security shortcomings, a DHS inspector general report states.

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