Hacker Claims To Have Beaten Fingerprint Sensors Using Photo

December 31, 2014

 
Security researcher and self-described “hacker” Jan Krissler has demonstrated that all one might need to beat a device’s fingerprint sensor, like the one found in the iPhone 6, is access to photographs of a subject. Krissler, who is known online as “starbug,” presented his findings to the Chaos Computer Club’s annual hacker meeting this weekend. Krissler…