White hat hacker reveals vulnerability in Germany’s digital ID

Germany’s digital ID may come under threat from malicious attackers, according to an analysis from a digital security expert.

A white hat hacker recently demonstrated how a cybercriminal could perform a Man-in-the-Middle attack on the online version of the German National Identity Card, known as eID. The vulnerability could potentially pose a danger to the approximately 10 million people currently using the system.

"I was surprised at how easy it was to compromise the system," the hacker told news outlet …

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