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BalCCon Amateur Lockpicking Competition (BALC) - Day 2 Door lock picking
2025-09-20 , Hackerspace area

A hands-on physical security workshop focused on lockpicking.

Over two days, participants can try:

  • Basic padlock picking (pin tumbler locks)

  • Door lock picking (real handles and cylinders)

Side challenges: handcuffs and safes

Sessions are organized in small blocks (6–7 people), 10 minutes per participant. Tools and practice locks provided. No prior experience needed.


The Jigglers`s lockpicking village is an hands-on space where attendees can learn and try out non-destructive techniques for opening locks — safely and legally. This year, we are preparing:

  1. Padlock picking sessions (Day 1 – Saturday): Intro to picking with transparent locks and basic pin tumblers.

  2. Door lock stations (Day 2 – Sunday): Try your skills on full-sized door handles mounted on stands, featuring real Euro-profile cylinders.

Side quests:
• Handcuff challenge — open cuffs behind your back, win a prize
• Safe cracking station — spin to win!

Participants will join in small groups (6–7 per block), with tools, instructions, and supervision from experienced pickers. You’ll walk away with new skills, more questions, and a fun story or two.

I’m 3iHP0S, and I’ve been actively involved in the hacker community since last year’s BalCCon. While I’m still early in my journey—with almost two years of experience by the time of this conference—I've been diving head-first into the physical side of hacking through locksport and capture-the-flag events.

My recent focus has expanded into the world of digital forensics and incident response, where the mindset of careful investigation and unconventional thinking continues to drive my curiosity. I enjoy approaching security through practical puzzles, whether it's decoding a strange lock or tracing a suspicious digital footprint. I believe hacking is about seeing systems in ways others don’t—and I hope to spark that perspective in others through my talk.

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I work across offensive security, robotics programming, and embedded systems, and I'm obsessed with Lockpicking / RF / NFC / RFID Security.

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Wanna be DPO who likes Security.

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Adept at making devices, destroying devices or making devices that destroy other devices

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