A security researcher has devised a tool capable of compromising hotel room keys, giving attackers entry — and can also tamper with point-of-sale (PoS) systems to boot.
Rapid7 security researcher Weston Hacker revealed the tool at Black Hat USA, which can be made with off-the-shelf components and cost only $6 to build.As reported by Forbes, the device can read and duplicate hotel keys, but if a cyberattacker is really keen on disrupting a hotel chain, the $6 tool can also be used to “brute force” attack every guest room in the building — by guessing the keys to each room
Source: This tiny $6 gadget lets you break into hotel rooms | ZDNet
