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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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Hackers Claim New Fingerprint Biometric Attack 2003-08-14
Anonymous (2 replies)
on Superglue 2003-08-18
Trixter
Hackers Claim New Fingerprint Biometric Attack 2003-08-14
Irving Washington (1 replies)
Not really earth-shaking... 2003-08-18
Roger (1 replies)
Not really earth-shaking... 2003-08-19
rleroy (at) avantages (dot) com [email concealed]
nothing new 2003-08-18
Anonymous (2 replies)
nothing new 2003-08-20
Karel Mellen
nothing new 2003-08-20
Anonymous
Congress get its information from the federal government, not from individuals. Why would a congressman listen to an individual when they have the "agencies" with highly paid engineers to do the research.

After a little searching on the net. I found www.biometrics.org. The 2 people who chair this organization is Fernando Podio (NIST) and Jeffrey S. Dunn (NSA). If you want to get to the main source of research, go to these guys. They could at least point you in the right direction if you have a good idea or information.

Sometimes talking to the right people is all that it takes to correct some bad decision.

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