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Old 19th June 2023, 06:26   #1
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Default 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.

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