BBC News - Black Hat : Iris scanners ’can be tricked’ by hackers

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  • Black Hat: Iris scanners ’can be tricked’ by hackers | BBC News
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    A team at the Universidad Autonoma de Madrid was able to recreate the image of an iris from digital codes of real irises stored in security databases. (...) In one experiment, the researchers tested their fake irises against a leading commercial-recognition system. In 80% of attempts, they said, the scanner believed it was a real eye.

    While researchers have been able to create realistic iris images for some time, it is thought that this is the first instance where the fake image can be generated from the iris code of a real person - a method which could be used to steal someone’s identity.

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