At the Black Hat Las Vegas security conference in July, Cody Brocious showed how “stupidly simple” it was to exploit Onity keycard-protected hotel rooms and that the lockpicking for ...

Hacker and Mozilla software dev Cody Brocious plans to reveal an open-source electronic lock pick capable of opening the locks on about 4 million hotel rooms.

Onity is a leading global provider of electronic locking systems, and offers innovative technological solutions and services for the hospitality, corporate, education, government and marine markets.

Forbes first reported that the compromise came about because of a security flaw in Onity's hotel door locks, and now hotels are scrambling to make a fix after a string of robberies in Texas.

An Onity lock and (inset) the circuit board Onity has now offered to replace for a full reimbursement in many hotels' doors. After four months, countless hacking embarrassments and a string ...

If, during your next hotel stay, you're met with a lock on your door like that pictured above, it's time for a conversation with management. This is an Onity HT series lock. Cody Brocious claims ...

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 ...

The first is a mechanical fix that does not actually repair the software vulnerability: Onity will provide hotels with caps for the open ports on its locks, along with a security screw.

Onity could be forgiven for thinking that it would get off lightly, but then came a spate of thefts from hotels across Texas that all use Onity locks.

Electronic lock manufacturer Onity has finally agreed to reimburse its customers—major hotel chains like Marriott, Hyatt, and InterContinental (IHG)—for some of the costs of replacing its ...

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 ...

The firm that makes door locks with a well-publicised security vulnerability has said it is offering a fix. Onity makes locks for hotel rooms around the world, but a hacker revealed in July that a ...