How To Open An AXA Bike Lock In Seconds

There is a serious vulnerability in the AXA bike lock. (One of the most popular locks in the Netherlands.) It turns out that quite a few of them can be opened with a blank key. The video below demo's the hack, and has some comments about the lame efforts of the manufacturer.

I have known for at least a week there was a problem with the AXA locks, without knowing the details. My locksmith friends were swamped by kiddo?s asking them for SL7 blanks (really, for a science project at school sir). And when I visited the bicycle shop around the corner they told me quite a few people had their bikes stolen?.


The bicycle shop gave me two locks from their garbage bin for me to experiment on. It only took me a couple of minutes to figure it out and open them both. And since every bicycle thief in the Netherlands already knows how to open these locks, I do not mind sharing the trick with you. And please do not complain about me teaching malicious people how to open locks. Complain to the manufacturer of the lock that makes locks ?that are not worth a dime? ?.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4SUSt2cwEk