Security software designed to prevent bank fraud has been fooled by a BBC reporter and his twin. BBC Click reporter Dan Simmons set up an HSBC account and signed up to the bank's voice ID authentication service.
HSBC says the system is secure because each person's voice is "unique". But the bank let Dan Simmons' non-identical twin, Joe, access the account via the telephone after he mimicked his brother's voice. The bank said it would "review" ways to make the ID system more sensitive following the BBC investigation.
[...] Although the breach did not allow Joe Simmons to withdraw money, he was able to access balances and recent transactions, and was offered the chance to transfer money between accounts.
Additional coverage: The Inquirer
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 22 2017, @03:54AM
Great story, thanks. It's always the same thing isn't it, the law is for the little people and the too-big-to-fail fuckers are given a get-out-of-jail-free card.