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closedclosed 23 Oct 2019Research1 Research / proof of conceptAI

Hive Box Facial Recognition Locks Bypassed With Printed Photos

Hive Box Facial-Recognition Locks

Facial-recognition lockers were easily bypassed by students using a printed photograph of the intended recipient. The vulnerability left delivery locker contents exposed to theft.

first report
9 Oct 2019
last update
9 Oct 2019

Timeline · 1

  1. 9 Oct 2019Hive Box Facial-Recognition Locks Hacked by Fourth Graders Using Intended Recipient’s Facial Photo

Sources · 1

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  1. 2019-10-09

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AI role
Attack on AI
categories
Adversarial evasion
severity
1 · Research / proof of concept
targets
Enterprise deployment
owasp llm top 10
no entry for these categories
dates
happened 9 Oct 2019 · first reported 9 Oct 2019
origin
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record
confidence 0.85 · created 2026-10-18 06:33Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:59Z

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# Hive Box Facial Recognition Locks Bypassed With Printed Photos

https://gcdradar.vercel.app/incidents/hive-box-facial-recognition-locks-bypassed-with-printed-phot · AIR-2019-0005 · closed 2019-10-23

- Lane: Research
- Severity: 1 (Research / proof of concept)
- Fix status: Fix status unknown
- First reported: 2019-10-09
- AI role: Attack on AI
- Products: Hive Box Facial-Recognition Locks

## Summary

Facial-recognition lockers were easily bypassed by students using a printed photograph of the intended recipient. The vulnerability left delivery locker contents exposed to theft.

## What to do

No action recorded; read the sources below and the vendor's advisory.

## Latest updates

- 2019-10-09: Hive Box Facial-Recognition Locks Hacked by Fourth Graders Using Intended Recipient’s Facial Photo (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/223)

## Sources

- 2019-10-09 AI Incident Database: Hive Box Facial-Recognition Locks Hacked by Fourth Graders Using Intended Recipient’s Facial Photo https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/223

Verify against the vendor's advisory before changing production. Data CC BY-SA 4.0, https://gcdradar.vercel.app.

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