Watch: Bkav Researcher Beats Apple's Facial Recognition System

Just 10 days after the official release of Apple's iPhone X, security researchers believe they have developed a method to defeat the device's Face ID facial recognition system that was promised to be the next big step in security. In a blog post and video published over the weekend, researchers at Vietnamese security firm Bkav laid claim to being the first to trick the iPhone X's new biometric authentication feature into unlocking. While the method has yet to be replicated or confirmed by any other experts, it does represent the first apparent vulnerability in what Apple was hoping to be a bulletproof security feature. The method used by the researchers to supposedly defeat Apple's next generation of biometric security was decidedly low tech. Bkav's team used commonly accessible materials to create a mask that was able to convince Face ID of its legitimacy.