The problem with this attack in relation to Kaba is the ease with which it can be carried out.
If Kaba did not know about this method of attack, they should have.
Kaba has been aware of this vulnerability at least since August of 2010.
Perhaps Engine Company 65 could weigh in on this and ask Kaba.
Just like what I was told by tech support at Kaba when I was researching this matter in order to write a security alert and analysis.
The real question is how Kaba intends on fixing the thousands, if not millions of locks that are out there and at risk of an attack.
In my earlier post, I rather sarcastically questioned whether Kaba engineers, in the 1960s, were aware of the concept of magnetism as it applies to covert entry.
In the case of the Kaba Simplex, the magnetic field is able to move a critical component and allow the lock to be opened without the proper code.
Fatoumata Kaba, a spokeswoman for the UN refugee agency, the UNHCR, said 100 tents and food had been delivered to the area and would be distributed to refugees.
We have analyzed the apparent fix that Kaba has implemented in their combination chamber (the brains of the lock) to stop it from being opened by a strong magnet.
Kaba usually has a large booth at these events and I cannot imagine that their sales or engineering people would not have walked around and witnessed some of these demonstrations.
"I don't think this is going to happen today or tomorrow, it might take a major event inside Afghanistan before that happens, but I'm not sure what that might be, " Ms Kaba said.
To open a door fitted with the latest U.S. government-certified lock from high-end Swiss lock manufacturer Kaba, an employee must both enter a code up to eight digits long, then swipe a unique identity card coded to comply with a new standard that requires an extra layer of security, one designed to track individual staffers and make covert intrusion harder than ever.
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