Hotel room hackers have hit the Valley and now police agencies are working together to try and find the culprit or culprits who have stolen items from hotel guests in Phoenix, Mesa, Scottsdale and Tempe.(ABC)
The hackers create an easy-to-make, cheap device that they plug into the electronic doorknob. It obtains the keycard access number and then unlocks the door, according to Tempe police.
The security flaw was first demonstrated by Mozilla software developer Cody Brocious at the Black Hat hacker conference in July. Brocious showed how he could simply unlock a hotel door in a couple of seconds by using tools that cost around $50, which he could easily hide in a dry erase marker pen or an iPhone case.
Police said the company has created a software upgrade as well as manufactured “caps” to prevent the device from being plugged into the lock.
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