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19th June 2023, 06:26 | #1 |
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| Kiwi and Aussie security experts hack older BIOS-locked laptops CyberCX has been showing the interwebs how to gain access to a laptop by shorting some EEPROM chip pins with a simple screwdriver to access a fully-unlocked BIOS. Then all it took was a quick poke around the BIOS settings screen to disable any BIOS password. https://fudzilla.com/news/pc-hardwar...locked-laptops |
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