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Sam Quinn and Steve Povolny: Hacking an Access Control System

Duration: 43min 9sec Type: Presentation (lecture) Playlist: 123 of 146 in Defcon
A DEF CON 30 talk about compromising the HID Mercury networked physical access control system, widely deployed in government and commercial facilities worldwide.

The researchers uncovered multiple 0-day vulnerabilities that allow remote, unauthenticated code execution and full system compromise — including the ability to unlock doors remotely without triggering alerts or notifications.