Ring of the Devil vulnerability patched - Hack a Day

Ring of the Devil vulnerability patched

posted Jun 22nd 2008 12:50am by Eliot Phillips
filed under: news

It looks like Uhlmann & Zacher have developed a patch to keep locks from being opened using a ring of magnets. In addition, the lock now logs successful entries without credentials in case something like this comes up again.

[via Toool]

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tagged: devilring, door, entry, key, lock, ringofthedevil, toool, uhlmannzacher

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Well, I guess small constant current into the motor did the trick..

Posted at 4:42 pm on Jun 22nd, 2008 by Janez D.

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