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Hackers Figure Out How To Bypass The iPhone 5s’ Touch ID Fingerprint Scanner

September 23, 2013 by Jaden Easton-Ellett 2 Comments

German hackers have figured out how to bypass Apple’s new Touch ID fingerprint scanner over the weekend using a variation of a long-running biometric security flaw.

Essentially what takes place is the user takes a high resolution photo of the original fingerprint, then prints it on a transparent sheet with a thick toner setting and finally it is then filled with pink latex milk.

Here is the official explanation (via ZDNet) from the German Hackers who go by the name of Chaos Computer Club.

“The method follows the steps outlined in this how-to with materials that can be found in almost every household: First, the fingerprint of the enroled user is photographed with 2400 dpi resolution. The resulting image is then cleaned up, inverted and laser printed with 1200 dpi onto transparent sheet with a thick toner setting. Finally, pink latex milk or white woodglue is smeared into the pattern created by the toner onto the transparent sheet. After it cures, the thin latex sheet is lifted from the sheet, breathed on to make it a tiny bit moist and then placed onto the sensor to unlock the phone. This process has been used with minor refinements and variations against the vast majority of fingerprint sensors on the market.”

The average person doesn’t likely have any of this equipment lying around their house, but the group of hackers reaffirmed the notion that biometric security doesn’t come without its flaws. I am sure this is the first of many bypasses to surface around Apple’s Touch ID fingerprint sensor, but this particular method is too complex for iPhone 5s  users to have to worry about.

Comments

  1. chris_andes says

    September 24, 2013 at 10:08 pm

    why am i not surprised.

  2. Saved0ne says

    September 25, 2013 at 8:39 am

    1. I love that people are like “ZOMG WTF, IT’S HACKED?!” — yes, it’s able to be bypassed people, the US Pentagon, has over 119,000 firewalls created every 60 seconds, and it can be hacked in 9 seconds… don’t be surprised that you can bypass a fingerprint scanner.

    2. Wtf is wrong with this guy, looks like he’s in withdrawal of meth or something shaking like that…

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