August, Inc. is a San Francisco-based home automation company, focusing on Wi-Fi connected door locks and doorbell cameras.

On October 19, 2017, Swedish lock manufacturer Assa Abloy announced an acquisition of August Home.

[6] A Wi-Fi bridge was later released allowing remote access to the lock, and the use of virtual assistants (such as Amazon Alexa).

By snooping Bluetooth packets, persons with malicious intent could attempt a “brute force” method by guessing the ciphertext necessary to unlock the door.

However, the chance of guessing this combination of bits is one in over 18.4 quintillion, and the time required to attempt all sequences is projected to be over four years.