Berlin, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt Martin Tschirsich stands next to a computer and wants to prove that Germany’s most important online methods for digital identification can be tricked. A video showing an ID card is running on the screen. The picture on that ID card? Definitely Martin Tschirsich. The name? Another.
His goal: to get access to prescriptions, sick notes and diagnoses. Highly personal data that only belongs to the patient himself. After a few seconds, the app signals success. With the help of his manipulated ID card, Tschirsich has access to a stranger’s data.
The demonstration by the security researcher from the Chaos Computer Club (CCC), in which the Handelsblatt was present, could have far-reaching consequences for German digitization – not only in the healthcare sector.
Because the video identification process is used in many industries to identify yourself online, including when opening an account or signing up for a mobile phone contract.
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