Lock Bumping Can Open Locks

14 Mar 2007 (Wed)

PIN TUMBLER LOCKS CAN BE PICKED through a series of taps (known as “lock bumping”) with a specially crafted bump key, according to Wikipedia. Apparently, one bump key will work for all locks of the same type. And this Action News 5 video illustrates how:

(Found this on CESBloggers.com who in turn references SlashDot.)

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