When hackers steal your password, you change it. When hackers steal your fingerprints, they’ve got an unchangeable credential that lets them spoof your identity for life.

When they steal 5.6 million of those irrevocable biometric identifiers from U.S. federal employees—many with secret clearances—well, that’s very bad.

Source : OPM Now Admits 5.6m Feds’ Fingerprints Were Stolen By Hackers | WIRED