Hardware Hacking 101: Erasing ThinkPad Supervisor Passwords - BSides Winnipeg 2015

Hardware Hacking 101: Erasing ThinkPad Supervisor Passwords Alex Weber Most laptops can have power on and BIOS passwords, and they can be cleared by taking out a coin cell battery or placing a jumper on some pins. Lenovo and IBM business-class laptops famously have a special password that cannot be reset so easily. This talk will cover passively sniffing and erasing this password with inexpensive hardware hacking tools.