Provided is a method and apparatus for authenticating a fingerprint by hiding minutiae, securely storing information on the fingerprint, and authenticating the information on the fingerprint in order to prevent the information on the fingerprint from being reused by an attacker who accesses the information on the fingerprint that is stored in a storage unit. The method for recognizing fingerprint by hiding minutiae of a fingerprint adds fake minutiae information to genuine minutiae information, hides fingerprint information using a polynomial, which is generated based on personal intrinsic information, and stores the fingerprint information, thereby securely protecting the fingerprint information from an external attacker, and preventing the fingerprint information accessed by the attacker from being reused since the attacker cannot know the genuine minutiae.