ATM scam at DEF CON

[trekkiedane]

DEF CON is the world's largest annual hacker convention, held every year in Las Vegas, Nevada.

White hat hackers attending the DefCon conference in Vegas last week uncovered the presence of a fake ATM in the show's venue.

Fraudsters placed a fake ATM kiosk in the Riviera Hotel Casino at an unknown time prior to the conference. The scam was uncovered after eagle-eyed hackers noticed something wrong with the machine.

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[FrontLine]

Thats damned funny

 

[trekkiedane]

Yeah, I thought so.

 

[Robert Maxwell]

At least the scam was done in the venue where it was most likely to be appreciated.

 

[Aurian]

Leave it to the superner-- hackers to figure it out

 

[firehawk12]

Hah, that's kind of cute. It's like the old gag of trying to rob a donut shop that all the cops in the area go to on their breaks.

 

[Small White Car]

This is the same place that puts up a huge screen of all the computer names and passwords for anyone who uses their wifi insecurely:

http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ou/?p=660