TORONTO – A well-known hacker has discovered a way to crack the combination of any Master Lock padlock in less than two minutes, using fewer than eight combinations. According to Samy Kamkar – best ...

Forgot your Master lock combo? Or want some incentive to not use a Master padlock? There’s a website for that. The video above from Samy Kamar shows how you can crack any Master combination lock ...

There’s a vulnerability in Master Lock branded padlocks that allows anyone to learn the combination in eight or fewer tries, a process that requires less than two minutes and a minimal amount of skill ...

Look, we all know that Master combo locks, which go for $4 a pop, are not paragons of security. But damn, this looks easy. In a new video, hacker Samy Kamkar demonstrates a dead simple trick that he ...

Two years ago we highlighted how to crack a Master combination padlock for those of you who may have lost the combination to your bulletproof lock; now designer Mark Campos has turned the ...

A common trope in bank heist B-movies is someone effortlessly bypassing a safe’s combination lock. Typically, the hero or villain will turn the dial while listening to the internal machinery, then ...

Samy Kamkar posted a video on his Twitter page explaining the technique to crack a combination lock, which involves lifting up the locked shackle of a lock, and making multiple turns of it. (YouTube) ...