Technology will not stop to amaze me, there is no limit to one can achieve when it comes to technology and hackers out there are really exploiting it in a great way while others are really taking advantage.
A member of the Chaos Computer Club (CCC) hacker network claims to have
cloned a thumbprint of a German politician by using commercial software and
images taken at a news conference.
Jan Krissler says he replicated the fingerprint of defence minister Ursula von der
Leyen using pictures taken with a "standard photo camera".
Mr Krissler had no physical print from Ms von der Leyen.
Fingerprint biometrics are already considered insecure, experts say.
Mr Krissler, also known as Starbug, was speaking at a convention for members
of the CCC, a 31-year-old network that claims to be "Europe's largest
association" of hackers.
'Wear gloves'
He told the audience he had obtained a close-up of a photo of Ms von der
Leyen's thumb and had also used other pictures taken at different angles during
a press event that the minister had spoken at in October.
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Source: BBC NEWS
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