Medeco not so secure after all

[unixronin]

Medeco locks are immune to bumping, right?

Well ... actually, now that you mention it, not so much.  Marc Tobias reports on a successful compromise of a Medeco M3 lock mechanism using a dummy key blank and a paper clip.

To make matters worse, we were able to create a bump key with our simulated blank, that would open an m3, (although bumping is, in fact, much more difficult in this scenario).  This capability may raise serious security concerns, especially in commercial and government installations where master keying may not be allowed.

Medeco lock bumping video here.

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*nod* Yup, I was aware of that. Given unlimited access, a sufficiently determined and well-equipped safecracker will always be able to gain access to any safe or vault.