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Hackers crack Apple iPhone 5S with warning that biometrics are 'inherently insecure'

Danny Palmer

23 September 2013 •

Chaos Computer Club posts video of iPhone 5S breach to claim $13,000 reward for cracking Apple's security

German hackers claim to have breached the Apple iPhone 5S's fingerprint security. In a post on its website, German group Chaos Computer Club (CCC) describes how members of its biometric hacking ...

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