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ZenGo Crypto Wallet Fends Off Hackers with ZoOm Authentication

August 6, 2019

“The lion’s share of credit for this achievement goes to FaceTec, which provided the ZoOm authentication software used by ZenGo.”

Biometrics News: ZenGo Crypto Wallet Fends Off Hackers with ZoOm Authentication

Toward the end of June, cryptocurrency wallet provider ZenGo challenged its users — and any other interested hackers, really — to try to break into its wallet, offering a reward of one Bitcoin. And with the month-long challenge now over, ZenGo hasn’t lost anything on its end of the wager, with no successful hacks reported.

The lion’s share of credit for this achievement goes to FaceTec, which provided the ZoOm authentication software used by ZenGo. ZoOm allows end users to log into their accounts through selfie authentication, requiring no specialized hardware — just a standard smartphone camera. And crucially, it features sophisticated liveness detection capabilities with Level-2 certification in iBeta’s Presentation Attack Detection evaluation, ensuring that hackers can’t spoof the authentication system by using things like recorded videos of an authorized user, or even sophisticated masks.

That sophistication has allowed ZenGo to implement ZoOm as the primary login system for its eponymous wallet, bypassing the need for archaic security mechanisms like usernames and passwords. And it has ensured the success of the ZenGo Challenge, with no reported hacks of the system despite ZenGo’s having provided a hi-res image of its CEO’s face.

“This challenge demonstrated that even if someone were to obtain your email address and your iCloud account, they still would not be able to hack your wallet,” ZenGo explained in a blog post announcing its success in the ZenGo Challenge. “Attackers would need access to your email, iCloud, and your real life biometrics before they could steal your funds.”

That demonstration of security may help to attract more users to the ZenGo platform, which now enables the in-app purchase of cryptocurrency. And it should help to further elevate the profile of FaceTec, which has established itself as one of the world’s leading pioneers in biometric authentication with its ZoOm solution.

Filed Under: Industry News Tagged With: Biometric, biometrics, cryptocurrencies, cryptocurrency, face biometrics, FaceTec, facial recognition, Liveness Detection, mobile authentication, mobile biometrics, PAD, Presentation Attack Detection, ZenGo, ZoOm

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