Charlatan hijacks iPhone 5S fingerprint hack contest, fools press

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http://www.zdnet.com/charlatan-hijacks-iphone-5s-fingerprint-hack-contest-fools-press-7000020978/

By Violet Blue
Pulp Tech
ZDNet News
September 22, 2013

Just hours after we reported the crowdfunded effort to hack the iPhone 5S 
fingerprint scanner, istouchidhackedyet, a shyster hijacked the contest 
and got big press for it -- and has revealed to ZDNet he does not intend 
to join the bounty award after all.

And some major press outlets fell for it -- even though he never had 
anything to do with the project in any way.

Arturas Rosenbacher told ZDNet by phone last night that his funds are "not 
liquid" enough to join the contest.

He also separated himself from the bounty contest, telling us that he 
would not be joining the #istouchidhackedyet crowdfund in either its 
awarding of the bounty or its terms for the award and laid out his own 
terms for awarding any funds.

The #istouchidhackedyet bounty can kiss its $10,000 goodbye. And 
Rosenbacher got some terrific press out of it -- even at one point, a 
profile.

It's unclear whether or not Rosenbacher ever intended to participate in a 
group award of the bounty, but one thing's certain: he represented and 
spoke for the project at every press opportunity.

Thursday night, bounty founders Nick Depetrillo and Robert David Graham -- 
along with a few other notorious hackers, such as The Grugq -- said they 
would give cash to whoever proved they could hack the iPhone 5s 
fingerprint scanner.

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