Lifted from a glass he drank from the Chaos Computer Club managed to get a copy of the German Secretary of the Interiors fingerprint and make biometric device fooling molds.
Original article - translated by Google
How to fake fingerprints (CCC)
So, what does this mean for biometric security? It demonstrates one of the biggest flaws with the 'something you are' approach to authentication, if it's copied or taken how to you change it? Generate some new fingerprints and make molds perhaps?
Also, I'd like to thank the CCC for continuing with this and other efforts. It is only by exposing flaws such as this that we can all profit from increased security and privacy.
Monday, March 31, 2008
CCC publishes the fingerprints of Wolfgang Schauble
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