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F-Secure Finds Vulnerabilities in Electronic Door Locks

posted by chromas on Saturday April 28 2018, @06:13AM   Printer-friendly
from the F'd-security dept.

takyon writes:

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.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 28 2018, @02:46PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 28 2018, @02:46PM (#673026)

    So the barber with hair “samples” has his hacker friend show him how to unlock doors.

    Next up: Barber calls anonymous tip line.