Jul 31,2010

Biometric and Other Locks Fail to Foil Hackers at DefCon

LAS VEGAS — It wouldn’t be DefCon without a noted lock hacking team demonstrating the gross insecurity of some of the latest security locks, such as a biometric lock that could be easily cracked with a paper clip. This year the three-member team of lock hackers, Marc Weber Tobias, Toby Bluzmanis and Matt Fiddler who have been cracking locks at DefCon for several years, also defeated an electro-mechanical lock, two deadbolts, and an electronic safe. The researchers gave Wired.com a sneak peek at their cracks and provided videos, which you can see below. The lock that would seem to have thwarted them ...

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