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Researchers Crack Medeco High-Security Locks With Plastic Keys

2008-08-08 18:19:00 by Kim Zetter in Wired Security
 
Security researchers figure out how to cut a key from a credit card to open ostensibly ultra-high-security Medeco locks, using just a digital photo of a real key. The researchers are showing off the trick Friday at the DefCon hacker convention in Las Vegas, where last year they showed that different Medeco locks were pickable
 
Tags: researchers, security researchers figure, medeco locks, real key, defcon hacker convention, key, las vegas, digital photo, credit card
 
 
 
 
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Locksmiths Hate Computer Geeks who Learn Lockpicking

2008-07-17 13:30:27 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...Medeco locks. "We've figured out how to break them in as little as 30 seconds," he said. "[Medeco] won't admit it, though. They still believe in security through obscurity. But by not fixing the problems we identify, lock-makers are putting the public at risk. They have a duty to disclose vulnerabilities. If they don't, we will
 
Tags: kryptonite, kryptonite bike locks, locks, medeco locks, medeco, supposedly unbeatable locks, security, kensington laptop lock, security expert
 
 
 
 
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Last Hope On Locks

2008-06-03 14:48:38 by Dave Lewis in Liquidmatrix Security Digest
 
...Medeco. The vulnerable high security locks are currently in wide use by branches of the U.S. military, federal agencies, and at many private facilities to protect critical infrastructure Just to reiterate, Myrcurial and I will be in attendance for Last Hope
 
Tags: locks, hope, security locks, standard lock designs, lock, manufacturers, mul-t-lock, major manufacturers, consumer lock manufacturers
 
 
 
 
 
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