Unfortunately, there are still quite a few of those machines running Windows 8.1, Windows 8, or even Windows 7. The slightly good news is that this only affects ThinkPads running on versions older than Windows 10. Anyone who finds out that password will be able to decrypt that data and gain access to the PC. To add insult to injury, it also has a hard-coded password. According to Lenovo’s bulletin, which is rated with a High Severity level, the login credentials and fingerprint data are indeed encrypted but using a weak algorithm. Unfortunately, for a security system, it is apparently terribly insecure. Lenovo has rolled out its own biometric system, the Lenovo Fingerprint Manager Pro. Prior to Windows 10, however, OEMs had to use their own solutions, which is probably what indirectly led to this situation. With Windows 10, Microsoft introduced its Windows Hello biometric security framework that embraces face recognition and fingerprint scanning among other authentication methods. Fingerprint scanners on PCs, especially laptops, have predated smartphones but it was only recently that they became more common.
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