‘Unbreakable’ security that wasn’t: True tales of tech hubris

British engineer Joseph Bramah invented a lock that, he was sure, could never be picked. Bramah offered 200 guineas (roughly $30,000 today) to anyone who could defeat it. The lock remained seemingly impregnable for more than 67 years, until an American locksmith named Alfred Charles Hobbs defeated it in 1851. Too often, the spirit of modern-day IT security can be lulled into a false state of listlessness, or at least overconfidence.”]

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