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The Lockdown: Deadbolt walking

Posted on 23 August 2007 by

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There are millions of Medeco deadbolt systems in place worldwide. Between Medeco’s reputation for quality and engineering excellence and their high security ratings by UL, BHMA / ANSI and other standards organizations, they are rated as one of the most secure systems available. The current mechanical design of Medeco’s deadbolt has been utilized in its Biaxial product line, and now the m3, which we previously discussed. And guess what: a simple attack can bypass the security of this deadbolt in less than one minute, rendering all of the advanced Medeco technologies virtually irrelevant.

These Medeco systems are relied upon in many different applications including high security installations throughout the world. The locks contain many levels of security including sidebars, sliders and special security pins. Unfortunately, all of that security can be circumvented in seconds with tools such as a simple screwdriver as shown above.

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