Switch fingerprints to trick hi-tech cops!
December 10th, 2009
No that’s not what I am asking you to do, but it’s exactly what a woman did to fool the immigration officers to enter Japan. Lin Ring, who was officially deported from Japan in 2007, underwent a surgery to switch her left hand fingerprints to the right, thus enabling her to trick the fingerprint scanners put in place by Japanese authorities.
Ring got the hack on her finger prints at a private home (clinic?) in China at a cost of £9000 ($14600). However, scars on her fingers and thumb got the police to suspect her and investigations eventually blew the lid. The fact that biometric security can be compromised is surely scary, and hackers again prove that no matter what systems you come up with, there is a way to work around them! (more…)
Categories: Security, Weird or not? | Tags: fingerpint, fingerprint, fingerprint security, fingerprint security compromised, fool fingerprint scanner, hack, how don escapes police, Security | 8 Comments
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