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Ring Of The Devil Vulnerability Patched

June 22, 2008 by Eliot 1 Comment


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]

Posted in NewsTagged devilring, door, entry, key, lock, ringofthedevil, toool, uhlmannzacher

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