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Hotel Lock Security Vulnerability is Reminder of Government’s Ambiguous Role in Protecting Security

This summer, at the Black Hat security conference, a security researcher presented details of a troubling security flaw: An electronic lock system, used in more than 4 million hotel rooms around the ...
Marketplace

For hotels, no single solution when it comes to keeping guests and their belongings secure

As the summer travel season gets under way, a look at hotel security. One of the largest providers of hotel locking systems recently updated a bug in its software after a security company found its ...
ZDNet

Hackers built a 'master key' for millions of hotel rooms

Security researchers have built a master key that exploits a design flaw in a popular and widely used hotel electronic lock system, allowing unfettered access to every room in the building. The ...
Forbes

Hacker Will Expose Potential Security Flaw In Four Million Hotel Room Keycard Locks

The next time you stay in a hotel room, run your fingers under the keycard lock outside your door. If you find a DC power port there, take note: With a few hacker tricks and a handful of cheap ...
Wired

A faked master key gives hackers access to millions of hotel rooms

How hard is it to hack into the digital locks of hotels? Surprisingly simple, if you can create a key that opens any door. Finnish cybersecurity firm F-Secure has revealed it found a flaw in the ...