Patras (customs software)
Patras ( PA IP Tra cking S erver ) is a largely secret working in the Federal Republic of Germany operated, electronic tracking system that allows the customs investigation service both people and goods vehicles locates and tracks. In addition to customs, the federal police , the state criminal investigation offices and the BKA also have access to the system. Its use by other intelligence agencies is not known, but it is likely.
Hack
The system became known to the public through reports of a hacker attack by the no-name crew on July 7, 2011. The no-name crew wanted to use the attack to draw attention to the ongoing surveillance and surveillance mechanisms.
The system hit the headlines again after a senior federal police officer put his daughter under surveillance. Her friend, however, noticed this, gained access to the father's computer and was able to break into the Patras system with the data found there.
technology
Patras is a geodata program that can show the location of people and things to be observed at any time. The system shows this on an electronic map ( GIS ).
Exactly which devices will be used can only be guessed on the basis of the documents spied out and published by the no-name crew. Published PowerPoint presentations and manuals describe how monitoring technology can be installed and maintained. The devices described are therefore attached to vehicles, determine the position using GPS signals and transmit them via mobile communications .
Web links
- Answer of the federal government , Bundestag printed matter 17/6972
Abbreviations
- ↑ PAIP stands for Police Applications Intercommunication Protocol
Individual evidence
- ↑ Andreas Lerg: Two other suspects arrested after the customs hack , dpa report from July 19, 2011
- ↑ Der Spiegel 02/2012, Hacker Attack on Federal Police goes back to family quarrel Digitalisat
- ↑ http://www.datenschutzbeauftragter-info.de/hacker-zu-gast-bei-der-zollfahndung/