A KEY component to campus access control? If you stay in a hotel that still issues a traditional metal key you are likely to be staying in either a quaint bed-and-breakfast or a decrepit motor lodge.

If you think that electronic look on your hotel room door is secure, think again. INSIDE EDITION reports on the alarming incidents of strangers breaking into hotel rooms by hacking the door locks.

Faulty guest room locks demonstrated by ABC News report. Oct. 22, 2012— -- A report by ABC News showing how easy it was to break into certain electronic door locks used by major hotels has ...

In a scenario that feels lifted from Oceans 11, a group of hackers have shown the vulnerabilities of RFID-based locks through a hotel room keycard. A team of security researchers recently revealed a ...

Modern smartphone technology is about to make hotel room keys historical relics. Luxury hotel company Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide announced today that it will begin installing ...

Guests at two boutique hotels in Manhattan and Cupertino will soon be able to skip the check-in desk and go directly to their room, using an iPhone app to unlock the door. The WSJ reports that the ...

Following a sudden surge of hotel room break-ins after the discovery of a simple door lock hack, lock firm Onity is chipping in to replace affected hotel door locks. Onity is currently working with ...

A simple security flaw in millions of hotel room doors is raising serious concerns over safety, after a string of robberies at a Houston Hyatt was said to be caused by the glaring technical problem.

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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