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This Common Mistake with Your Hotel Key Card Could Be Surprisingly Dangerous—Here’s Why

You might not think twice about this check-in extra, but it could jeopardize your safety Think back to the last time you checked into a hotel. Chances are, you handed over a credit card for ...
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Millions of Hotel Rooms Worldwide Vulnerable to Door Lock Exploit

Researchers have developed a simple exploit capable of unlocking all of the doors at more than 10,000 hotels worldwide. Saflok-brand RFID-based keycard locks have been around for 36 years. But only in ...
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Hackers Found a Way to Open Any of 3 Million Hotel Keycard Locks in Seconds

When thousands of security researchers descend on Las Vegas every August for what's come to be known as “hacker summer camp,” the back-to-back Black Hat and Defcon hacker conferences, it's a given ...
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This Common Mistake with Your Hotel Key Card Could Be Surprisingly Dangerous—Here’s Why

Think back to the last time you checked into a hotel. Chances are, you handed over a credit card for incidentals and watched while the desk attendant typed away on a keyboard for what seemed like ...