Hacking Group Bypasses iPhone 5s Touch ID With Lifted Fingerprint

Cult of Mac
By Alex HeathSep 23, 2013, 3:45 pm308 pts
The Touch ID fingerprint sensor in the iPhone 5s has already been hacked—well, kind of. Over the weekend, a hacking team called the Chaos Computer Club (CCC) published a way to bypass Touch ID by replicating a lifted fingerprint. Apple calls Touch ID “the most advanced hardware or software we’ve put in any…

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