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no no no no no.

This is not being done by lifting an existing print from the existing device. They're taking a photo of the authorised FINGER and using that to create their fake finger...

I don't see how this could be considered a significant issue unless you are going to steal someones phone AND somehow get a still 2400 dpi photo of the surface of their finger

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You are incorrect. Second sentence of the article: "A fingerprint of the phone user, photographed from a glass surface, was enough to create a fake finger that could unlock an iPhone 5s secured with TouchID."

Which glass surface? The oleophobic glass on the iPhone itself?

If the print was copied directly from one of the phone surfaces, you'd think that the CCC would want to include that little tidbit.

>> Which glass surface? The oleophobic glass on the iPhone itself?

That brings up another interesting point -- I wonder how many people are going to put screen protectors on their 5S's that are not oleophobic.

A meticulously placed fingerprint was made on a clean and polished glass surface as if it was being taken by the police. Nothing like a normal fingerprint left by accident.

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