Chaos Computer Club Says They Can Hack Your Fingerprint
Right now in Hamburg, Germany, the largest European hacker association, the Chaos Computer Club (CCC), is holding its 31st annual congress that's a four-day fest of all things hacking. Other than having a pretty rad name, CCC is well-known for detailing all the crazy (and sometimes scary) shit they can do. They've just added another one to the list.
On Saturday, security researcher and biometrics expert Jan Krissler, known as Starbug, detailed in an hour-long presentation (German) how he recreated German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen's fingerprints using only a "standard photo camera" and publicly available software called VeriFinger.
