Bumping Method Proves All Locks Worthless
Summary -
Apparently, if you modify a regular key and tap it with a hammer, you can open pretty much every lock. There’s video and more. Sleep tight.
From http://www.toool.nl/index-eng.php
Right after our appearance on NovaTV we where contacted by the Dutch ‘consumentenbond’ (Dutch Consumer Reports). They wanted to test all locks from the Dutch Police Seal of Approval to see how big the bump-key problem really was. So they asked Toool for help. For us it was a dream assignment. Together with our German friends of www.ssdev.org we helped them test 60 popular high security locks. These locks where on the recommendation list of the Dutch Police Seal of Approval.
The outcome of the test? 80% of these high security locks could be bumped open by us in under three minutes. Damage free. More then 50% of that in under one minute. But that was not all. Dutch Consumer Reports also tested how difficult it was for a layman to open these locks. From the 47 locks we opened the layman could open 22! These laymen are people who have no experience with locks whatsoever, yet still opened these locks in under three minutes. Not a bad score if you keep in mind most of these locks are rated ‘burglar proof’ for 5 to 10 minutes (depending on their SKG star rating).
CONCLUSION of the report:
It is disturbing that the Dutch Police Seal of Approval (PKVW) still does not take bumping keys into account, and that several manufacturers and importers of cylinder locks trivialise this problem. Dutch Consumer reports presses the organisations involved to take steps against bumping.
There is a white paper: http://www.toool.nl/bumping.pdf
There is also a video: http://connectmedia.waag.org/toool/21c3.wmv
The PDF is great and really shows you everything you need to know. The video shows the method working.