identity behind pseudonyms. encryption systems the for millions of personal data records are offered for sale on the dark web. we ve managed to track down some sites used by the identity theft mafia. we found all kinds of data stolen from people all over the world including names addresses credit card information and bank account details. what. if we did a search using the word biometric and found that some people were offering forged fingerprints for sale. and fingerprint markets which are used to fool security systems we have no idea who this fingerprint actually belongs
we managed to get a copy of the video. the authorities arrested ten alleged members of the islamic state organization they also found evidence that indicated that these people had been using forged biometric identity data. to police seize cash identity papers blank fingerprint forms and fingerprint markets. the investigation later determined that the suspects had used the mock ups to provide identification for money transfers. that indicates that terrorists are fully capable of using forged biometric data. came in their loan for until it was no no to his it s clear they re criminals and to to kill or leave terrorists are using this technology. is so the perpetrators are able to steal fingerprints by hacking
security system is outsmarted by a simple piece of paper. cyber attacks on individuals are bad enough but it s even worse when criminals hack into databases where large numbers of such images are stored. but if you want to. test today might involve just one person it s criminals can just select a victim and coffee that data and in those databases there are thousands even hundreds of thousands of high quality iris so fingerprint images. you don t have to waste time fixing them up when without going to the course of this new home you don t want docked on. biometric data is widely available on the dark well a part of the internet that can only be accessed by means of special software. lots of illegal material is bought and sold here. the crooks hide their
it and it s the sorts of speeds. this is how the biometric fingerprint authentic asian process usually works the images of valuating converted into digital form and then stored in a database. when you try to access the device with a fingerprint it s compared with the image in the database if it matches your rent . it doesn t you re out of luck. but how secure are the systems. to find out more about that we travel to berlin. we have an appointment to meet a hacker who calls himself starbuck. he s shown how easy it is to forge a fingerprint. something the thing up to we were working with the only detection device that was certified in germany for that proposition for the company claimed
security expert going up parata. governments and private sector companies often make use of his expertise for example if their systems have been hacked. do we place too much trust in the security of biometric data. deserve it this data is not secure and it s vulnerable to attack. we usually have no idea where and how our biometric data are stored. sometimes this information is encrypted sometimes not the data can also be stored on the device that we re using or in an app or in a cloud. it s certainly going to be new to just use a fingerprint to unlock a digital device the system works well until the data folds into the wrong hands this is new technology and we don t have a lot of experience in using it if something goes wrong it s often too late to fix