Hotel room cards — even defunct ones — were turned into master keys that gave hackers access to anywhere in a facility, often without leaving a trace, researchers announced Wednesday. Finnish ...

Travelers are used to getting plastic key cards that unlock their room when checking into hotels or motels. These cards are typically activated by an employee before a guest can use them. VERIFY ...

There is a new warning for travelers after researchers, posed as hackers, expose a security flaw that could open millions of hotel-room doors. The good news is, they're helping to fix the problem ...

HELSINKI (Reuters) - By getting hold of a widely used hotel key card, an attacker could create a master key to unlock any room in the building without leaving a trace, Finnish security researchers ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Every once in a while, an email or Facebook posting makes the rounds sounding alarms over the supposed danger of used hotel card keys. To stay safe, the reasoning goes, travelers must ...

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