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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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[–] Whostosay@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Archived link in body

[–] sturger@sh.itjust.works -5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Ha ha ha! Nope! Following that link, I have to click a captcha to prove I'm not a robot.

The layers of security theater are stacking higher and higher. What's next? They send me through TSA to make sure I'm not carrying a tube of toothpaste that is too big?!

[–] anyhow2503@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Sounds like someone is trying to get randomly selected for a cavity search.

[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

No cavities, they're a robot as evidenced by their inability to answer the captcha.

[–] jaemo@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago

What?! How about the JTAG port?