Lockpicking - by Deviant Ollam

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Press & Other Notable Reports

Whenever items that have a hand or know the principal in appear in the media i tend to document them here. If i've missed something or if you'd like an interview, please feel free to shoot me an email... deviant [åt] deviating [döt] net. My PGP key is on major servers.

The Fundamentals of Physical Security
by Help Net Security
interview at Black Hat Europe
2008/03/31

When the Net Security folk interviewed me at Black Hat i told my "American Lock Fable" and uploaded these slides which accompany it. The video of my interview can be found here.

 

CBS News Report on Bump Keying
interview with CBS3 Eyewitness News
2006/09/05

I was intervied on the news by the Philadelphia CBS affiliate when the issue of Bump Keys started making headlines.

 

Beer Can Padlock Shim
by Deviant Ollam
posted on i-Hacked.com
2005/09/23

Surbo asked me to create a step-by-step summary of the "beer can padlock shim" that i designed. The process of this hack can also be viewed in the video here.

 

The Lock Busters
by Charles Graeber
Wired Online
2005/02/01

They've never met a padlock -- or six-pin paracentric cylinder -- they couldn't crack. Live, from the lock-picking championship of the world.