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Smart Lock Can be Hacked 'in Seconds'

posted by chromas on Friday June 15 2018, @01:20PM   Printer-friendly
from the where's-the-blockchain? dept.

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

A hi-tech padlock secured with a fingerprint can be opened by anyone with a smartphone, security researchers have found.

On its website, Tapplock is described as the "world's first smart fingerprint padlock".

But researchers said it took just 45 minutes to find a way to unlock any Tapplock.

[...] The "major flaw" in its design is that the unlock key for the device is easily discovered because it is generated from the Bluetooth Low Energy ID that is broadcast by the lock.

Anyone with a smartphone would be able to pick up this key if they scanned for Bluetooth devices when close to a Tapplock.

Using this key in conjunction with commands broadcast by the Tapplock would let attackers successfully open any one they found, said Mr Tierney.

In response, Tapplock said in a statement that it was issuing a software update.

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  • (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Friday June 15 2018, @02:49PM (3 children)

    by FatPhil (863) <{pc-soylent} {at} {asdf.fi}> on Friday June 15 2018, @02:49PM (#693509) Homepage
    Thanks for the link. I'm a bit disappointed that he didn;t spend a bit longer grinding the scanner face plate with some corundum until it made the lock unopenable (by the legit owner), and therefore only openable by bad guys.
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  • (Score: 2) by EvilSS on Friday June 15 2018, @03:02PM (1 child)

    by EvilSS (1456) Subscriber Badge on Friday June 15 2018, @03:02PM (#693518)
    To render it inoperable it would be easier to just open the back and cut the battery out.

    • (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Friday June 15 2018, @03:18PM

      by FatPhil (863) <{pc-soylent} {at} {asdf.fi}> on Friday June 15 2018, @03:18PM (#693525) Homepage
      Can a ciggy lighter, and burning wire sheathes, melt solder?
      Or even denature EPROMS?
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  • (Score: 2, Funny) by anubi on Saturday June 16 2018, @08:14AM

    by anubi (2828) on Saturday June 16 2018, @08:14AM (#693886) Journal

    There is this story flying around that a city near to me held a "sawdust festival", and the local brick-and-mortar merchants all got together to "work with" the city to ban all the cart vendors from the street, and succeeded in getting the city politicos to craft ordinances banning the street carts from vending food, drink, and souvenirs.

    I understand the entire group of store merchants discovered the morning of the festival that someone had come by in the middle of the night and shot every front door lock full of super glue.

    And the cart vendors showed up anyway.

    Ten thousand people, and the stores could not open their front door.

    They had locksmiths coming in from all over Southern California, but by the time they got there, the festival was already well underway.

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