Safecracking

Safecracking

Safecracking is the art of opening a safe without the proper key or combination. Safecracking may be either non-destructive or destructive depending on the techniques used.

History

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Non-Destructive Safecracking

Most non-destructive safecracking focuses on defeating the lock on the safe, either through manipulation or bypass. Manipulation may take the form of lockpicking, impressioning, or decoding. Manipulation via decoding is the method most commonly associated with safecracking given the popularity of combination safes and frequent portrayal in film, television, and literature.

Destructive Safecracking =

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Safecracking in the Media

Safecracking has been portrayed in many television shows and films. As with lockpicking, the tools or techniques used are often inaccurate, namely the use of a stethoscope while performing manipulation of a combination safe.

Television:

• Mythbusters

Films:

• A Retrieved Reformation
• Bad Santa
• Blue Streak
• Brainiac
• Die Hard
• Heat
• Hudson Hawk
• Killing Zoe
• Ocean's Eleven
• On Her Majesty's Secret Service
• Safe Men
• Short Circuit 2
• Small Time Crooks
• The Bank Job
• The Italian Job
• The Ladykillers
• The Newton Boys
• The Score
• Thief
• Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
• Vabank
• You Only Live Twice

See also

• Safe
• Lock
• Destructive Entry