It is a big blow to the policy makers all over the world who are planning to introduce RFID technology in government documents such as ID card, driving license and credit cards to prevent document forgery.
Germany-based RFID expert, Lukas Grunwald made a shocking revelation that the loopholes in the RFID passports could enable hackers to capture and replica the fingerprint image stored on the biometric e-passport.
Grunwald asserted that he disrupted the two passport readers available from the local vendors by cloning a passport chip, then altering the JPEG2000 image file containing the passport photo.
Grunwald has also discovered the methods to encode a passport chip in a creative way that it essentially attacks the passport-reading equipment when holder attempts to scan it. Using the scanned image and data, they can also make forged passports that are quite similar to genuine ones.
America is the first country to campaign for RFID passports that contain radio frequency chips which enable government officials thwart document forgery and flash out illegal migrants crossing US borders.
