Security researchers have found a vulnerability in the backbone of the electronic ID (eID) cards system used by the German state. The vulnerability, when exploited, allows an attacker to trick an ...

Since 2021, Germany has had eID cards that serve to prove one's identity and address online. They cost 37 euros, are valid for ten years, and can be obtained by non-German EEA citizens aged 16 and ...

The authentication process via German ID cards with RFID chips to certain web services can be manipulated to allow identity spoofing and changing the date of birth. German identity cards issued since ...

Who in Germany has a secure digital identity? How high is the potential use of the electronic ID card? A new interdisciplinary study by the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition now ...