[Year 12 IT Apps] U4O2 - another day, another security hole

[Mark]

Lockpickers 3-D Print TSA Master Luggage Keys From Leaked Photos

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THE TSA IS learning a basic lesson of physical security in the age of 3-D
printing: If you have sensitive keys—say, a set of master keys that can
open locks you’ve asked millions of Americans to use—don’t post pictures of
them on the Internet.

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A group of lock-picking and security enthusiasts drove that lesson home
Wednesday by publishing a set of CAD files to Github that anyone can use to
3-D print a precisely measured set of the TSA’s master keys for its
“approved” locks—the ones the agency can open with its own keys during
airport inspections. Within hours, at least one 3-D printer owner had
already downloaded the files, printed one of the master keys, and published
a video proving that it opened his TSA-approved luggage lock.

​Read more at​

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http://www.wired.com/2015/09/lockpickers-3-d-print-tsa-luggage-keys-leaked-photos/


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