Your hotel room’s electronic door lock can be hacked

Computer security researchers are warning that the electronic locks on millions of hotel rooms around the world are susceptible to hacking. Using a vulnerability in the software, researchers were able to create master keys to fit all the doors of a building. Photo: Jens Kalaene/dpa

Computer security researchers are warning that the electronic locks on millions of hotel rooms around the world are susceptible to hacking. Using a vulnerability in the software, researchers were able to create master keys to fit all the doors of a building. 

The Swedish manufacturer Assa Abloy, a specialist in the field of door locks, has since published software updates to solve the weakness identified in its “Vision Software” lock.