Security researchers have built a master key that exploits a design flaw in a popular and widely used hotel electronic lock system, allowing unfettered access to every room in the building. The ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Tony Bradley covers the intersection of tech and entertainment. A laptop theft from a hotel room a decade ago sparked a mission ...

Security researchers discovered a way to unlock of doors in hotels. The keycard vulnerability was reported to the company that makes the locks, but the researchers say risk still exists and other ...

Locksmiths have known for years that anybody with a key to a building whose locks have a master key can create their own master key. But now that such findings by an AT&T researcher are getting wide ...