Rather than pay for the full fix itself, which requires a new circuit board for every affected lock, Onity has asked its hotel customers to cover the cost of those hardware replacements.

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As communicated in the July 30 Franchise Weekly Update , a hacker claims to have compromised the Onity brand guestroom lock system with a device containing a circuit board with several wires attached.

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