{"id":2581,"date":"2015-12-03T23:22:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-03T21:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blackbag.toool.nl\/?p=2581"},"modified":"2015-12-04T10:14:47","modified_gmt":"2015-12-04T08:14:47","slug":"picking-abloy-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackbag.toool.nl\/?p=2581","title":{"rendered":"Picking Abloy Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"

I regularly give lectures and workshops about locks and lock related topics at conferences such as CONFidence, Hack.lu, BruCON, 4GH, SEC-T, Hackito Ergo Sum, Hashdays, Fri3dcamp, TEDx and more. My latest talk was also the most interesting. It was at the wonderful t2.fi<\/a> conference in Helsinki, Finland.<\/p>\n

I was there in 2014 as well. This year, I could only speak again if I’d open Finnish locks. And Finnish locks are among the most secure.. Almost everybody in Finland has ASSA Abloy locks on their door. Many Fins believe these are unpickable. So I set myself the task to open these locks.<\/p>\n

First, I tried the H&H tool for opening Abloy. I then found out this tool does not work and simply cannot work, unless you can set the discs in order. So this was money wasted. I finally was able to purchase a tool from Citadel LockTools<\/a> in the UK, that can actually open (and decode) Abloy Classic locks. These tools are handmade by Matt and look and work fantastic.<\/p>\n

The tool comes with several tips, for different kinds of locks. I bought a few Abloy Classic ‘handbag’ padlocks and it’s interesting to see that they differ. In one, the deepest disc is locked, not so in the other. They both need a different tip on the tool.<\/p>\n

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Using this tool, I was able to open an Abloy Classic live on stage in Helsinki<\/a>, which got me a nice applause!<\/p>\n

Here’s a clip of when, after some practicing, I was first able to open the Classic using Matt’s tool:<\/p>\n