Apple's Touch ID Sensor Finally Bypassed By Hackers

The Chaos Computer Club (CCC) has devised a way, however lengthy, to crack Apple’s iPhone 5S’ new fingerprint scanner or Touch ID Sensor. The group wrote in a blog post, “This demonstrates — again — is unsuitable as access control method and should be avoided.” The CCC’s biometric hacking team has discovered that the Touch ID Sensor can be bypassed using a glue model of a user’s fingerprint.
According to the CCC, the Touch ID Sensor, biometric scanning system, is not a strong security system for devices. They said that since our fingerprints are all over our devices, someone who really wants to get into it can lift the fingerprints off the device’s body. While it does take a little bit of time and is a somewhat lengthy process, it is still a viable method to bypass the scanner.

The iPhone 5S has higher resolution sensor for the Touch ID Sensor than the ones that are seen usually. In order to bypass the system, the CCC took pictures of a fingerprint by a 2,400 dpi resolution camera. This picture was then edited on a computer and printed onto a transparent sheet using heavy toner. The biometric hacking team then smeared woodglue or latex on the sheet and left it to dry. After drying, the latex becomes a model of the fingerprint that has been pictured. The team described that breathing on the latex makes it moist and life like, which can then be put on the lock screen using your own finger. This bypasses the scanner.