German gov pooh-poohs biometric ID card hack
Found on The Register on Thursday, 02 September 2010
The biometric ID cards store a scan of a user's fingerprints along with a six-digit PIN that can be used to digitally sign official forms. Hackers from the Chaos Computer Club, however, were able to use home scanners that work with the cards to extract personal information including a fingerprint scan and the six-digit PIN from RFID the chip embedded in the cards.
Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere, interviewed on the show, said there was no reason to alter the technology or postpone a roll-out of the cards.
The "if I don't see it, it's not there" excuse works fine for politicians all over the world, but the problem still won't go away. Welcome identity theft 2.0.