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Hackers Went Looking for a Backdoor in High-Security Safes—and Now Can Open Them in Seconds (www.wired.com)

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Omo and Rowley say they informed Securam about both their safe-opening techniques in spring of last year, but have until now kept their existence secret because of legal threats from the company. “We will refer this matter to our counsel for trade libel if you choose the route of public announcement or disclosure,” a Securam representative wrote to the two researchers ahead of last year's Defcon, where they first planned to present their research.

Only after obtaining pro bono legal representation from the Electronic Frontier Foundation's Coders’ Rights Project did the pair decide to follow through with their plan to speak about Securam's vulnerabilities at Defcon.

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[–] roguetrick@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago (2 children)

The specialized equipment the safe maker says is needed is a Python script, lol.

[–] zqps@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Phew, how fortunate that people who try to crack safes never think to use readily available equipment. That would be a real challenge for those poor manufacturers.

[–] ThatGuyNamedZeus@feddit.org 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

but a safe that doesn't have anything digital inside of it wouldn't run a python script

[–] roguetrick@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago

I'm talking about what's used to discover the keys based on what the safe displays on the screen. The safe maker is implying you need esoteric equipment to crack their safes but really all you need is the already cracked algorithm. You don't have to get the safe to run anything.