A string of break-ins and thefts at Texas hotels using vulnerable Onity keycard locks has left security firms concerned that the issue "will only get bigger." The technique was first unveiled by programmer Cody Brocious at Black Hat in July, and involves hacking the card reader system using less than $50 in equipment that can easily be concealed in an iPhone case or dry erase marker.
Janet Wolf's laptop was stolen from her locked room in the Houston Hyatt in September, Forbes reports. While police won't release information on how the room was broken into, Hyatt franchisee White Lodging believes the room was accessed using Brocious' hack. Insurance company Petra Risk Solutions also released an alert in mid-October stating that "multiple...
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