Hackers recreate fingerprints using public photos !
A German hacking group claims that it can recreate your fingerprints from the other side of the world.
At a cybersecurity convention in Hamburg last week, the "Chaos Computer Club"demonstrated how it can mimic a fingerprint just by analyzing photographs.
Fingerprints have been recreated from smudges on windows and other smooth surfaces. In the past, forgers have used tape, a scanner, some plastic material and glue to build a gummy fingerprint that can fool scanners.
But the Chaos Computer Club says this is the first time fingerprints have been spoofed from afar. The group's leader, known as "Starbug," said he was able to recreate the thumbprint of the German Minister of Defense Ursula von der Leyen, from several news photos.
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