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Hackers Claim New Fingerprint Biometric Attack
Ann Harrison, SecurityFocus 2003-08-13

Two German hackers say they have developed a technique to defeat biometric fingerprint scanners used to authenticate electronic purchasing systems. Unlike an earlier fingerprint attack developed by the pair last year, this system creates latex fingertip patches designed to be used while under observation.

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Not really earth-shaking... 2003-08-19
rleroy (at) avantages (dot) com [email concealed]
Exactly, not really earth-shaking, it's like the war beetween IDS and anti-IDS teknikz, the war beetween the technikz of exploitation of a program and the way to secure it, but still.

It's original to see people doing something different and improving the security of it... maybe it's an utopia,...

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