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There is also a Safe Cracking Robot

[0] Blog about it: https://joeleb.com/safe-cracking-robot-defcon/

[1] Defcon video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9vIcfLrmiA


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mmcwilliamstoday at 5:51 PM

This is a class of device usually called an "auto dialer" and have been around for quite some time. This one appears to be fairly low-featured. Newer devices will automatically send a text when a safe has been opened and the better ones are programmed with knowledge of the internal plate schematics so they can shorten the brute force process.