What A Foreign Intelligence Agency Could Do with Millions of Hacked American Fingerprints

"Third, the prints could be used, in combination with some of the other stolen data like names and Social Security numbers, as further identity authentication. Berke wasn’t aware of any real-world examples of this, but in theory it could allow those using the hacked data to illicitly obtain a personal identity verification card, for example — a smart card that legitimate employees use to access federal facilities. Federal employees sometimes need the same type of card to log on to their computers, and doors occasionally have fingerprint scanners. The stolen prints could be used to bypass these security measures."