Apple iPhone fingerprint hacked
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KingFISHER
2013/09/25 03:51
A group of German hackers claimed to have cracked the iPhone fingerprint scanner on Sunday, just two days after Apple Inc launched the technology that it promises will better protect devices from criminals and snoopers seeking access. If the claim is verified, it will be embarrassing for Apple which is betting on the scanner to set its smartphone apart from new models of Samsung Electronics Co Ltd and others running the Android operating system of Google Inc.
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KingFISHER
2013/09/25 03:55
Two prominent iPhone security experts told Reuters that they believed the German group, known as the Chaos Computing Club, or CCC, had succeeded in defeating Apple's Touch ID, though they had not personally replicated the work. One of them, Charlie Miller, co-author of the iOS Hacker's Handbook, described the work as "a complete break" of Touch ID security. "It certainly opens up a new possibility for attackers." Apple representatives did not respond to requests for comment.
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Xiao Zen
2013/09/25 04:48
The Chaos Computing Club has been around since forever, or at least before I was born, they have a reputation here so if they say they've cracked it I'm inclined to believe them. Even so, 2 days to crack Apples new "uber security technology", seriously? Impressive but for Apple this could be potentially disastrous depending on their next move (once again this is all assuming CCC's claim is valid, which I believe it to be).
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-LILY-
2013/09/25 09:28
i dont know about dis.. sorry smiley
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EpIcInCoGnItO
2013/09/25 09:48
This had to happen if you boast of or you have brought a huge security invention on the handsetssmiley They will fix this.
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Jill
2013/09/25 12:26
Yes i heard bout chaos computer club.. Thnx 4 sharin..
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GhAyAl
2013/09/25 16:20
T.g i dnt hv iph
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sagarking20
2013/09/25 16:24
but i like nokia phone .
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LoneLy_heArt
2013/09/25 16:31
nokia is the best smiley
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The_Torpid
2013/09/25 16:37
Yeah......This is a true news....But the Company will crack this mess out.... smiley
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Hareesh
2013/09/25 16:42
Tnx 5r sharng with us bro its valuble info
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_Sid_
2013/09/25 17:52
Biometrics are not a foolproof security measure as CCC has proved,but a determined hacker sees possibilities everywhere.Note that the underlying technology is not hacked by the team(although Apple can't pat themselves for this product,this being their third security breach in their product).The sensor and the secure chip in which the fingerprint representation is stored is not at all involved in the process.The well-known method of lifting fingerprints using cellophane tape(which,come on,we have witnessed in many detective novels and series) is used.But they have made their point.Using fingerprints for access control is not as safe as it is claimed.It isn't a cakewalk,but it isn't like breaking into Fort Knox either.That being said,credit to CCC for coming up with the idea.
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S-ALI.RAZA
2013/09/27 23:44
.Nicepost. smiley
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