After Admitting Flaw, Kryptonite Faces Lawsuits

From Reuters:After Admitting Flaw, Kryptonite Faces Lawsuits: SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Lock maker Kryptonite and parent Ingersoll-Rand face at least five proposed class-action lawsuits in the United States and Canada after admitting this week that popular U-shaped locks have a design flaw that allows them to be opened with a ball point pen.

Doh! what sort of engineering B.S. was this anyway, able to open a lock so easily?