findBIOMETRICS published an article by Yona Flink of OptiSec on January 8, 2009. Flink details a successful spoof attack at a Japanese airport.
Flink’s argument is that biometric system design is crucial:
Interestingly enough, the technology did not fail and performed as required. It was the Japanese Government and the biometric integrator that failed to understand what was required and provide the right solution in order to eliminate or make it almost impossible to fool the system. It appears that there was a failure on their part to clearly define project requirements and take into account known methods used to fool certain types of biometrics, thus resulting in the system not performing as required.
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