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YouTube Fuels New Threat To Household Security

April 2008 by Marc Jacob

Social networking sites such as YouTube are fuelling home burglaries
across the UK as they feature detailed footage of how to break into a
property in seconds, using the new ’bumping’ and ’molegrip’ methods.

The growing threat of Lock Bumping and Molegrip Entry, has been
highlighted by Swish’s latest information campaign on How To Protect
Your Home, having being brought to the attention of these online videos
and seeing how easily any home can be threatened by using these
techniques.

Using molegrips to snap off cylinder locks from doors or simply buying a
skeleton key over the internet and bumping the lock, burglars can gain
access to your home within seconds. Social networking sites, like
YouTube, who feature worrying and detailed videos of these methods, are
making it easy for a new generation of burglars to learn the tricks of
the trade.

YouTube link - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwTVBWCijEQ

According to police crime prevention experts, millions of homes in the
UK are at risk because of a weakness in cylinder locks which are almost
universally fitted to PVCu doors throughout the UK.

The ’bumping’ method uses a skeleton key readily available and bought
cheaply over the Internet to gain access to the cylinder lock mechanism.
There may be a risk that a householder’s insurance won’t cover the
break-in if the lock has been ’bumped’ as there will be no evidence that
the householder didn’t just leave the door unlocked.

Another method uses mole-grips to snap off the cylinder lock once the
handle cover has been removed. The forcing of cylinders which protrude
from the lock is now beginning to rival the number of sneak-in
burglaries.

The doors and windows industry is constantly looking for new security
innovations to beat savvy burglars. Anti-bump cylinders are one of the
most advanced new security measures developed in response to this latest household security threat. Previous advances to benefit consumers
include internally beading windows to prevent burglars removing the
whole pane of glass from the outside. Original window and door locks
have also been improved by adding more locking points or shoot bolts to
make it harder to break or lever them off.


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