Hotel door locks worldwide were vulnerable to hack
Millions of electronic door locks fitted to hotel rooms worldwide have been found to be vulnerable to a hack. Researchers say flaws they found in the equipment's software meant they could create "master keys" that opened the rooms without leaving an activity log.
The F-Secure team said it had worked with the locks' maker over the past year to create a fix. But the Swedish manufacturer is playing down the risk to those hotels that have yet to install an update. "Vision Software is a 20-year-old product, which has been compromised after 12 years and thousands of hours of intensive work by two employees at F-Secure," said a spokeswoman for the company, Assa Abloy.
Also at F-Secure.
(Score: 2) by FatPhil on Saturday April 28 2018, @11:17AM (1 child)
Anyone who thinks there's security behind a door that you don't own is living in cloud cuckoo land.
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(Score: 4, Informative) by pTamok on Saturday April 28 2018, @01:28PM
Most doors and locks are there to keep honest people honest. Very few locks and doors will keep a determined intruder out.
What is at issue here is that it appears access could be gained without leaving any evidence of access. A broken window or a forced door give you a reason to involve the police and/or insurance, but when there is no evidence of intrusion, you have a hard time convincing others that (for example) a theft took place.