Bugs in the biometric protections on Android phones and iPhones allow the limit on the number of tries to unlock the devices with a fingerprint can be bypassed, allowing automated brute-force attacks.
Source: Dark Reading: Cloud
Biometric Bypass: BrutePrint Makes Short Work of Fingerprint Security
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