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==Background==
==Background==
In 2023 news broke that Liberty Safe kept a master key for all safes that it sold.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Levenson |first=Michael |date=2023-09-08 |title=How a Company That Makes Gun Safes Angered Gun Owners |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/08/business/liberty-safe-codes.html |archive-url=https://archive.ph/RxHYq |archive-date=8 Sep 2023 |work=The New York Times}}</ref> Security researcher Mark Omo and James Rowley attempted to discover vulnerabilities involving this master key. They were unsuccessful, but did discover two techniques for opening safes sold by Liberty Safe that were equipped with SecuRam ProLogic series locks.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Greenberg |first=Andy |date=2025-08-08 |title=Hackers Went Looking for a Backdoor in High-Security Safes—and Now Can Open Them in Seconds |url=https://www.wired.com/story/securam-prologic-safe-lock-backdoor-exploits/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250808202428/https://www.wired.com/story/securam-prologic-safe-lock-backdoor-exploits/ |archive-date=8 Aug 2025 |work=WIRED}}</ref>
In 2023 news broke that Liberty Safe kept a master key for all safes that it sold.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Levenson |first=Michael |date=2023-09-08 |title=How a Company That Makes Gun Safes Angered Gun Owners |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/08/business/liberty-safe-codes.html |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250910170952/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/08/business/liberty-safe-codes.html |archive-date=10 Sep 2025|work=The New York Times}}</ref> Security researcher Mark Omo and James Rowley attempted to discover vulnerabilities involving this master key. They were unsuccessful, but did discover two techniques for opening safes sold by Liberty Safe that were equipped with SecuRam ProLogic series locks.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Greenberg |first=Andy |date=2025-08-08 |title=Hackers Went Looking for a Backdoor in High-Security Safes—and Now Can Open Them in Seconds |url=https://www.wired.com/story/securam-prologic-safe-lock-backdoor-exploits/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250808202428/https://www.wired.com/story/securam-prologic-safe-lock-backdoor-exploits/ |archive-date=8 Aug 2025 |work=WIRED}}</ref>


==Discovery==
==Discovery==