Kegler300
07-14-15, 07:07 PM
The pilfering of 1.1 million fingerprints is “probably the biggest counterintelligence threat in my lifetime,” one former NSA official said.
July 14, 2015 The Office of Personnel Management announced last week that the personal data for 21.5 million people had been stolen. But for national security professionals and cybersecurity experts, the more troubling issue is the theft of 1.1 million fingerprints.
Much of their concern rests with the permanent nature of fingerprints and the uncertainty about just how the hackers intend to use them. Unlike a Social Security number, address, or password, fingerprints cannot be changed—once they are hacked, they're hacked for good. And government officials have less understanding about what adversaries could do or want to do with fingerprints, a knowledge gap that undergirds just how frightening many view the mass lifting of them from OPM.
http://www.nationaljournal.com/tech/opm-hack-fingerprints-china-20150714
Military fingerprints taken the for at least the past three years for background investigations have been taken using livescan technology. So, not only do the hackers have all the personal details of those subject to these investigations, they also have their biometric fingerprints.
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July 14, 2015 The Office of Personnel Management announced last week that the personal data for 21.5 million people had been stolen. But for national security professionals and cybersecurity experts, the more troubling issue is the theft of 1.1 million fingerprints.
Much of their concern rests with the permanent nature of fingerprints and the uncertainty about just how the hackers intend to use them. Unlike a Social Security number, address, or password, fingerprints cannot be changed—once they are hacked, they're hacked for good. And government officials have less understanding about what adversaries could do or want to do with fingerprints, a knowledge gap that undergirds just how frightening many view the mass lifting of them from OPM.
http://www.nationaljournal.com/tech/opm-hack-fingerprints-china-20150714
Military fingerprints taken the for at least the past three years for background investigations have been taken using livescan technology. So, not only do the hackers have all the personal details of those subject to these investigations, they also have their biometric fingerprints.
http://www.employerschoiceonline.com/images/live-scan.jpg