Locksmiths have known for years that anybody with a key to a building whose locks have a master key can create their own master key. But now that such findings by an AT&T researcher are getting wide ...

This is used to quickly narrow down solutions to a cryptography problem, when some knowledge of the key has been gained. The technique works with pin-and-tumbler locks for which a master key can be ...

For years, the US TSA (that's the Transportation Security Agency, a division of Homeland Security) has recommended that travelers in the United States buy and equip their luggage with a TSA-approved ...

The Transportation Security Administration can bypass almost any luggage lock using a set of master keys. And now, so can anyone with access to a 3D printer. A set of CAD files were published this ...

Shortly after The Washington Post inadvertently published a photo of seven TSA master keys, a group of security experts were able to copy their designs and release their 3D models online. Now, these ...