OPM data breach’s big question: What’s fingerprint data worth in future cyber attacks? | ZDNet
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September 24, 2015 In Security News

OPM data breach’s big question: What’s fingerprint data worth in future cyber attacks? | ZDNet

Federal agencies and the intelligence community will form a working group to examine how fingerprint data can be used in future attacks.

Sourced through Scoop.it from: www.zdnet.com

This is bad news, and maybe an eye opener, for biometrics evangelists. The problem is that you can always change a stolen password or credit card information, but you cannot change your fingerprint. You can erase it using acid or similar but, you cannot change it. Biometrics is a convenient method but it must be other authentication factors, like a password.

This is just the early days of biometrics so the damage is limited. However, leaked data is stored forever somewhere and will be traded and misused when its value increases.

See on Scoop.it – Secure communication

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