Fake ATMs at Black Hat venue, what irony!

NucleusKore · 04-08-2009, 06:57 AM

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=3843

A Google security researcher attending the Black Hat/DEFCON conferences in Las Vegas was victimized by a skimming device placed in an ATM at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino.

Chris Paget, an RFID security expert who now works on Google’s security team, said he lost $200 to a rigged ATM that also claimed several other victims. Inexplicably, Paget said he got no help from hotel security or local police in Las Vegas when he reported the problem.

He used his Twitter account to warn about the dangers of using ATMs at the casinos in Las Vegas.

Read On...........

phreak0ut · 07-08-2009, 12:18 PM

Need to be really careful at this security cons

Ecstasy · 07-08-2009, 01:54 PM

How can someone from outside do that? O_o

04-08-2009, 06:57 AM	#1 (permalink)
NucleusKore TheSaint Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Antigua Posts: 3,444	Fake ATMs at Black Hat venue, what irony! Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=3843 A Google security researcher attending the Black Hat/DEFCON conferences in Las Vegas was victimized by a skimming device placed in an ATM at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino. Chris Paget, an RFID security expert who now works on Google’s security team, said he lost $200 to a rigged ATM that also claimed several other victims. Inexplicably, Paget said he got no help from hotel security or local police in Las Vegas when he reported the problem. He used his Twitter account to warn about the dangers of using ATMs at the casinos in Las Vegas. Read On........... __________________ http://www.neville.in http://www.linuxrocks.in "The Future Is Open"

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