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Hacker reveals how to unlock shopping carts with just your smartphone

Ellsworth Toohey
Aug 22, 2025
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Shopping Cart: Winston Wolf / shutterstock.com

Ever been frustrated by a locked shopping cart? A security researcher has revealed how to hack those remote-controlled cart wheels using just your smartphone. The discovery, presented at DEFCON 29, exposes the vulnerability in Gatekeeper Systems wheels commonly used by supermarkets and shopping centers to pr…

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