"Thousands of Fingerprint Files Exposed in Unsecured Database, Research Finds"

Anurag Sen, a security researcher with the antivirus review site Safety Detectives, shared information pertaining to his discovery of an unsecured database containing thousands of fingerprint records. As the database was discovered to be publicly accessible online, it exposed about 76,000 unique fingerprints. The database also contains employee email addresses and telephone numbers. This data was collected by Antheus Tecnologia, a Brazilian company that develops and distributes fingerprint identification systems. This article continues to discuss findings surrounding the unsecured web server with fingerprint records, how hackers could use fingerprint data, and how Antheus Tecnologia responded to this discovery, as well as other incidents of exposed databases and exposures of fingerprint data.

CNET reports "Thousands of Fingerprint Files Exposed in Unsecured Database, Research Finds"