“Hackers Claim to Defeat iPhone X 'Face ID' Authentication”

Security researchers at Bkav, an information security firm based in Vietnam, claim to have defeated the facial-recognition system used to authenticate users of Apple’s newest iPhone. Researchers have carefully crafted a mask with the use of 3D printing, 2D images, makeup, and handmade silicon to trick the Face ID feature offered by iPhone X. This article further discusses the creation of the mask, the likelihood of this threat, and what the results of this research indicates about the current state of biometric security. 

infoRisk Today reports “Hackers Claim to Defeat iPhone X 'Face ID' Authentication”

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