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Dutch Biometric Passports HackedFrom The Register, 30 January 2006 "Dutch TV programme Nieuwslicht (Newslight) is claiming that the
security of the Dutch biometric passport has already been cracked. As the programme reports here, http://omroep.vara.nl/tvradiointernet_detail.jsp?maintopic=424&subtopic=38690 the passport was read remotely and then the security cracked using flaws built into the system, whereupon all of the biometric data could be read. The crack is attributed to Delft smartcard security specialist Riscure,
which here explains http://www.riscure.com/news/passport.html that an attack can be executed from around 10 metres and the security broken, revealing date of birth, facial image and fingerprint, in around two hours. Riscure notes that that the speed of the crack is aided by the Dutch passport numbering scheme being sequential." Biometrics | RFID | Holland | Insecurity |
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