Face and fingerprints swiped in Dutch biometric passport crack (anothercard skim vulnerability)

[vin at TheWorld.com]

Anne & Lynn Wheeler pointed out:

> Face and fingerprints swiped in Dutch biometric passport crack
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/01/30/dutch_biometric_passport_crack/

Didn't the EU adopt the same design that the US uses?

Am I right to presume that the passport RFID chip used by the Dutch is the
same -- or functions the same -- as the one used in the new US digital
passports?

>From what I've read, it seems that the sequential numbering scheme the
Dutch use on their passports may have made this attack easier -- but it
was already feasible, and will be against the passports of other nations
which did not so helpfully minimize their obfuscation technique with
sequential numbering?

Anyone got more details than those offered in the Rinscure press release?
Thoughts?

_Vin


>
> The crack is attributed to Delft smartcard security specialist Riscure,
> which explains that an attack can be executed from around 10 metres and
> the security broken, revealing date of birth, facial image and
> fingerprint, in around two hours.
>
> .. snip ..


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