An unchanged credential allows anyone to virtually control door locks and elevators at dozens of apartment buildings across North America, a security researcher found.
It does increase the risk of opportunistic crime though. If someone just unlocked all the gates and doors of an entire apartment building for shits and giggles, and you’re in an area where there are people who go around apartment complexes randomly trying doors, there’s certainly an increased risk.
It does increase the risk of opportunistic crime though. If someone just unlocked all the gates and doors of an entire apartment building for shits and giggles, and you’re in an area where there are people who go around apartment complexes randomly trying doors, there’s certainly an increased risk.
That’s a huge “if” for both those things to happen at the same time before a resident or staff noticed it happening