SparkFun Electronics hacking team in Colorado cracked open the combination safe from the leading brand live on the stage in Las Vegas at Def Con in front of largest gathering of the hackers in the world. They used the robot, which was made from the common hardware parts found in your home.
Homemade Robot Cracks Top Shelf Security
Homemade Robot Slashes Heavy Duty Safe in Minutes
The team from the SparkFun Electronics has created the robot to crack the safe. They bought SentrySafe safe before the start of the Def Con convention and took them for the demonstration. The robot was able to open the safe in 30 minutes on stage and crack its combination of 51.36.93.
Cracking Combination
The robot has reduced million of combinations to 1000 before going to try the leftover ones. The homemade robot was cost for $200 to build with the use of magnets to attach to exterior of safe and it is run by Arduino micro controller.
Homemade Robot Slashes Heavy Duty Safe in Minutes
The safe locking mechanism is added with three dials to need to be aligned for safe to be opened. Each dial be of two digit number, which means one million potential combinations. The rep of the company said that they have designed it for particular type of safe and it does not really matter and you can actually 3D print a coupler to match any safe that you may have.
Lost Combination
The hacking team started its working on the safe when Alicia, wife of Siedle bought the combination safe on eBay. Siedle challenged to crack the safe open. He and his team worked for four months to build the robot.
Homemade Robot Slashes Heavy Duty Safe in Minutes
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