DHS predictive policing unit uses financial data to target Americans

404 Media revealed that a secretive Department of Homeland Security unit called the Predictive Intelligence Targeting Team analyzes Americans' financial activity and shares the names with local police, who then conduct traffic stops on people not suspected of any crime. The investigation, reported between September 8–11, 2026, exposed the unit's methods and prompted discussion about the program's legality and transparency.

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New: a secretive DHS predictive policing unit is analyzing Americans' financial activity, feeding those names to police, then having cops pull them over. Not suspected of any particular crime We're re

mastodon:infosec-exchangeother21d ago kagi ↗

New: a secretive DHS predictive policing unit is analyzing Americans' financial activity, feeding those names to police, then having cops pull them over. Not suspected of any particular crime We're revealing the unit name too: Predictive Intelligence Targeting Team https://www. 404media.co/a-secretive-dhs-pr edictive-policing-unit-is-analyzing-americans-financial-habits-and-pulling-them-over/

DHS 'Predictive Policing' Unit Is Analyzing Americans' Financial Habits L: https://www. 404media.co/a-secretive-dhs-pr edictive-policing-unit-is-analyzing-americans-financial-habits-and-pulling-them-o

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DHS 'Predictive Policing' Unit Is Analyzing Americans' Financial Habits L: https://www. 404media.co/a-secretive-dhs-pr edictive-policing-unit-is-analyzing-americans-financial-habits-and-pulling-them-over/ C: https:// news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4 9610988 posted on 2026.09.08 at 10:40:30 (c=0, p=3)

Two months, people. We have two months to get our shit together and get started getting this fixed. We have to dig deep, and I'm not the world's best at getting people together. We have to help each o

mastodon:infosec-exchangeother21d ago kagi ↗

Two months, people. We have two months to get our shit together and get started getting this fixed. We have to dig deep, and I'm not the world's best at getting people together. We have to help each other. https://www. 404media.co/a-secretive-dhs-pr edictive-policing-unit-is-analyzing-americans-financial-habits-and-pulling-them-over/ # fuck # shit # calltomcruise

A Secretive DHS ‘Predictive Policing’ Unit is Analyzing Americans’ Financial Habits and Pulling Them Over Border Patrol is feeding intelligence derived from personal financial activity to local law en

mastodon:mstdn-socialother20d ago kagi ↗

A Secretive DHS ‘Predictive Policing’ Unit is Analyzing Americans’ Financial Habits and Pulling Them Over Border Patrol is feeding intelligence derived from personal financial activity to local law enforcement, prompting officers to stop and search drivers who are not suspected of any specific crime. https://www. 404media.co/a-secretive-dhs-pr edictive-policing-unit-is-analyzing-americans-financia

DHS is running a secretive 'predictive policing' unit, and we just revealed its name for the first time: Predictive Intelligence Targeting Team. It is pulling people over not suspected of any specific

mastodon:infosec-exchangeother20d ago kagi ↗

DHS is running a secretive 'predictive policing' unit, and we just revealed its name for the first time: Predictive Intelligence Targeting Team. It is pulling people over not suspected of any specific crime Watch more and subscribe here: https://www. youtube.com/watch?v=o0AG6A5MIRg

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# DHS ‘Predictive Policing’ is Analyzing # Americans ’ Financial Habits and Pulling Them Over # BorderPatrol 's # predictivepolicing , Predictive Intelligence Targeting Teams (#PITT) analyze financial data and have local # cops pull people over, not suspected of any particular # crime “The bottom line is genuine probable cause cannot be synthetically generated,” Jake Laperruque Security and # Surv

Here's how we found DHS' 'Predictive Intelligence Targeting Team', and why it's important to name these secretive predictive policing units Read the investigation here: https://www. 404media.co/a-secr

mastodon:infosec-exchangeother18d ago kagi ↗

Here's how we found DHS' 'Predictive Intelligence Targeting Team', and why it's important to name these secretive predictive policing units Read the investigation here: https://www. 404media.co/a-secretive-dhs-pr edictive-policing-unit-is-analyzing-americans-financial-habits-and-pulling-them-over/