Apple's iPhone fingerprint technology defeated already?

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Employees ring up customers during the launch of the Apple's iPhone 5C and 5S at the company's store in New York on Friday.

Jen Wilson

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A group of hackers in Germany claims to have already bypassed the fingerprint scanner on Apple Inc.'s new iPhone 5S by creating a copy of the user's fingerprint. CNet reports the Chaos Computer Club announced the news late Saturday, a day after the new phones were released.

The new Touch ID sensor replaces the four-digit code used to unlock the devices. Several websites had offered cash rewards to the first person to successfully beat the technology.

Chaos' process could hardly be described as easy, though. It involves taking a high-resolution photograph of the enrolled user's fingerprint left on a glass surface, cleaning up the image, laser printing on a transparent sheet, using latex or woodglue and finally one's own breath to create a replica suitable enough to fool the system.

Security system aside, the new phones are selling fast. Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) reports it sold 9 million iPhone 5S and 5C models in the first three days after Friday's launch, shattering previous records and surpassing analysts' projections.

Jen Wilson coordinates the Charlotte Business Journal's online operations, chronicles local events for CBJ Seen and takes photographs.

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