The first approach will include providing a mechanical cap, free of charge, to our customers, who have the Onity HT series locks. This mechanical cap will be inserted into the portable programmer ...

Brocious reverse-engineered Onity's locks and discovered he could spoof the “portable programmer” device meant to be used for designating master keys and opening locks whose batteries had died.

More than nine months after the hotel lock firm Onity announced a fix for a security flaw that allowed anyone to gain access to millions of hotel rooms in seconds, that lock-hacking technique ...

The second solution Onity will offer to our customers, if they choose to use this option, is to upgrade the firmware of the HT and ADVANCE series locks. The firmware is currently complete for the ...

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 ...

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 ...

At the Black Hat security conference, a hacker picked Onity hotel keycard locks in less time than it takes to blink. These locks are in about 22,000 hotels worldwide, leaving about four million ...

The second solution Onity will offer to our customers, if they choose to use this option, is to upgrade the firmware of the HT and ADVANCE series locks. The firmware is currently complete for the ...

Bad news: With less than $50 of off-the-shelf hardware and a little bit of programming, it's possible for a hacker to gain instant, untraceable access to millions of key card-protected hotel rooms.

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 ...

An Onity website also shows Sheraton, Hyatt, Holiday Inn, Fairmont, Radisson and other well-known hotels from Paris to Perth as also having its locks. The lock scandal began as a hacker exercise.